October seems to be the month of my “O” finishes with an “Oh Wow!” and “Oooh Finishes” so my Red Row-ver Patchwork Throw is my “Oooh-La-La” finish to end the month.
I seem to have rekindled my “in-Fassett-uation after watching so many The Last Homely House videos and also one of my projects listed for 2024/25 was to sew something with my Kaffe Fassett scraps. I’ve done a good job of keeping them contained in one of those vinyl suitcases leftover over from a mattress pad purchase. In this case were 123 four patches, which you can see clipped on the bottom of the left photo, made well over ten years ago for a wedding quilt and these blocks were rejects. In early September I grouped similar blocks together and there were either two, three and four or more of them made in the same/similar fabrics.
I decided to sew these group of four patches together in rows and lay them vertically rather than horizontally. I got this idea from Mary Etherington, Country Threads who made a Bonnie Hunter’s Bitcoin quilt which has various rail blocks in different lengths. As you can see, I used my trusty graph paper to figure out the layout to see if I had the right amount of blocks and only had to make one more. I just love how this looks and you would think this was a St. Louis 16 Patch quilt sewn wrong.
While making Red Row-ver, I had an idea I wanted to back the quilt with red wide wale corduroy but settled for a double plush with a wonderful texture and feel. I also planned to machine quilt with vertical straight and wavy lines but realized after I was halfway through, they were horizontal lines. I was alright with that since the red plush had horizontal lines…Whew, salty language avoided. The binding was a Kaffe Fassett Madras stripe which has been in my stash forever. Red Row-ver measures 54” x 80”.
This isn’t the first time I backed a Kaffe Fassett flimsy with a luscious plush. The Zig Zag Patchwork Throw was finished in 2018 and sewn with a wonderful quilt memory. I am looking forward to snuggling with them when the cold weather or El Niño Winter arrives but not too soon because I’m enjoying the wonderful Fall we’re having.
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Outstanding! I love this and the months of "O finishes" has me Oh-ing and Ah-ing over here. I am in a slump but encouraged by your gorgeous work. Those backs look so good on those Kaffe quilts. Are you using batting in them too, or just the luscious backings?
ReplyDeleteRose this looks so comfy and cozy. I love the backings!!
ReplyDeleteA cheerful Kaffe quilt. Is your backing similar to a minky fleece fabric?
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt names. Red Row-ver is perfect to me! What exactly is the backing, and is it hard to sew with? Your quilts are not only gorgeous to look at but they also look infinitely snuggly. If we lived nearby, I'd be plucking your sleeve constantly to come and help me pick fabrics!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are having a good fall. We've been cheated out of ours by continued hot weather that is supposed to break starting tomorrow, with some thunderstorms, and boy would that make me happy!
I'm trying to find out the colors for my grandson and future grand-daughter in law to make them a quilt. They are getting married in April, so I have plenty of time. Yesterday she posted some items on her registry that make me think she is into soft teals/greens, dark teal, and dark blue - really pretty. But I need to find out for sure.
Hope you are having a wonderful week Rose!
Five posts in one month?!! You have been blogger busy, Rose!!! Love the Red Row-ver, especially with the minky backing!!!
ReplyDeleteThese quilts are so lively and cuddly looking. For the last one I vote Baby Boomer Blankie for Two (3B42 for short). I bet you can use it already this weekend. What a change in the weather. I’m not complaining. Autumn has been awesome so far, but I do kinda want to put away the warm weather clothing for good now.
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