Interweave
It's a top!
42 x 56
I didn't exactly follow the pattern and did a little bit of my own thing.
This top started with the back. Someone gave me the piece with the horses. It's not quite enough for the quilt back so I will have to add to it with the brown fabric at the side.
After I was given that horse fabric I thought it would make a cute backing for a child's quilt. I just couldn't cut it up. So I set it aside in a little box and whenever I came across some scraps in a similar color scheme I threw them into the box. Time passed. When I had quite a few scraps in the box I figured it was time to make a top.
I'm not sure how I recently came across the Interweave pattern but it struck me that it might be a quick and easy quilt and I might just have enough scraps collected to go with the horses so I looked into the box.
I didn't have quite enough scraps or variation in fabrics for my liking so I picked out a few pieces of yardage to supplement the mix.
And within a few hours a quilt top was born. I think it took me longer to cut up the fabrics than it did to sew them. I don't have a design wall but I did kind of lay the strips out on the floor before I sewed them together. That was a pointless exercise because I dropped a few and then got the sequence mixed up anyway. And so it goes.
And now that I have a backing for it almost ready it might get finished sooner than later and get off to warm a child somewhere.
And sew on...
17 comments:
My goodness,you really are on a roll- or should that be gallop? Haven’t come across this design before, works well with the fabrics you chose. Interesting colour palette.
Thank you so much for listing the pattern link!!!
I am wondering if this will work with all blues from the top and all yellows or greens from the bottom.... Hummm
What a great design! It could be done elaborately -- ombre -- or just randomly. I admit that the horses look a little creepy to me....
You did a great job with matching the colors to the backing. And thank you for including the pattern. Thanks for sharing.
Now I HAVE TO make this one. Thanks for the link. I will make it a little bigger and maybe eliminate the side border strips. Time will tell. I have so many batik strips already cut. Thanks!!!
Your quilt is so cute!! I love that horse fabric is wonderful! The backing is perfect. Hugs,
This would make a really cute throw, or a horse blanket with the strips hanging down the sides of the horse. I like the colors you used. I don't usually make quick quilts but it looks like fun. Thanks for the link to the pattern. It reminds me of this quilt that I always liked.https://allthroughthenight.net/collections/quilts/products/1607-over-down-under?variant=24046775631936
What an interesting pattern, Cathy. Thanks for the link!
Congrats on your quilt top finish! I love those deep plums. Your colors remind me of all the yummy red wine grapes!
Very cool! This looks like a fun quilt to make.
I have always wanted to make one of these after seeing many of them on The Left Handed Quilter blog. The size is a tad small for my comfort quilts, so that is why I have not moved forward. Not sure how it would look with a border to make it bigger. I really like yours!
Such a pretty quilt and fun way to use scraps. I have some fabrics that seem to be perfect backs, too, and rarely enough to finish the whole back.
What a beautiful design and beautiful quilttop.
This is a fabulous joyfilled quilt! Congrats!
A perfect front for those rather odd but beautifully colored horses. And what an intriguing pattern! Off to check it out - thanks!
Thank you for the link ..... this will be perfect for a charity quilt!
Love the simplicity of this one and the strong colors! Lovely work!:)
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