I finished up my Folksy Flannels Plus Quilt today! I purchased a half-yard set of the line for myself for Christmas last year. I had gotten a few scraps of it and could not believe how soft it was! It took me a while to decide on a design, finally going with another plus quilt, based on my Plus Quilt Tutorial!
I had a lot of fun with this quilt, the flannel was easy to work with, thanks to my walking foot! The front came together pretty quickly once I got into a rhythm!
I pieced the back with leftover squares and some yardage of one of my favorite prints.
After quilting all those quilts in April, the last thing I wanted to do when I finished this quilt top was to quilt it! It's a big quilt and it's two layers of flannel so it's really heavy! I was very happy when my dear friend Christina agreed to quilt it! I love her work and she quilted my very first quilt! As soon as it was decided it was like a weight was lifted! I had been stressing about quilting this puppy! I knew that I wanted something pretty loose, with just enough density to keep the quilt together! Christina did a fantastic job, it's exactly what I imagined! I love how the quilting lines just sink into the fluffy flannel!
I knew I didn't want to bind this quilt in more flannel (can you imagine that many layers?!), so I ended up going with Pastry Line voile in Lilac by Anna Maria Horner after seeing Cara's quilt!
I cannot WAIT to use this quilt, it's so heavy and I'm sure will be really handy during the long, cold Wisconsin winters! :)
Oh Jeni, it's gorgeous! It looks so soft and cozy. I just love the binding in voile, that color is the perfect choice, too!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! Love it. I have yards of several of these prints to use as backings, can't wait, they are sooo soft!
ReplyDeleteLove it! It looks so cozy!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love the backing too.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! I'm having serious quilt envy! I can just imagine how soft and cozy this is.
ReplyDeleteI love this beautiful quilt! I've never done a quilt myself, but you've given me the bug to learn how. Thanks for the Plus Quilt tutorial ~ once I learn the basics I'm going to try this one!
ReplyDeletelove it! I'm sure it'll be so awesome for the winter. love the voile binding especially. :)
ReplyDeleteSew beautiful!!! love the colors and it looks so cummfy. almost as soft as george ;)
ReplyDeleteI just love the flannel......hmmmmmmm..gives me lots of ideas!!
ReplyDeleteIt is really beautiful. I haven't used flannel much, but I think I would use that. It looks really comfy!
ReplyDeleteWow! Love this quilt! The flannel sounds really cozy.
ReplyDeleteOh Wow it's beautiful and I Love it!!
ReplyDeleteLove how it turned out!
ReplyDeleteSO pretty! how nice that you let someone else quilt it for you. dragging heavy ones through the machine is hard work! it looks great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic quilt! I love the bright colors and the plus pattern looks really great!
ReplyDeleteIt's so beautiful. Even though the high today is 97 degrees, it still looks cozy, which is really saying something! A plus quilt is going to be my next new project (hopefully before the end of the year!).
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Hopefully with the mild summer we're having here in WI, the winter will be mild too! (though I'm not holding my breath...)
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! And the binding is just perfect! It finishes is off perfectly :)
ReplyDeleteGreat fabrics and perfect binding. This one really shows how versatile the plus pattern is.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is absolutely gorgeous! I'm planning a cross/plus quilt out of AMH's Little Folks and can't wait to start it but I have a few crafting fires to put out first. I'm going to look into your tutorial because I have exactly 20 FQ's to work with. :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt, thanks for sharing the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful Jeni! Great choice on the quilting and binding, they look perfect. That is going to be so warm and cozy!
ReplyDeleteJeni,
ReplyDeleteI know this post is from awhile ago, but I have a question. Did you use batting since you have 2 layers of flannel?
Thanks! Ashley
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