I'm having a pretty good year of making quilts with fabrics that I've been longingly wanting to use. It helps that I put myself on a Fabric Fast and so far I am minus 58.5 yards from my minus 100 yard goal. It was the Hand Maker fabric by Natalie Barnes which I paired with the most perfect pattern Interference turn to be used.
Interference by My Quilt Infatuation is the fourth My Quilt Infatuation pattern I've done. I just love patterns which are simple but look complicated and showcases the fabrics, especially large focus prints which is what Kelly's patterns are. Also, it's nice that I can use my die-cutter for most of the cuts. If you check out her website, Kelly has free tutorials and her patterns are available thru bluprint (Craftsy). (This is not an affiliate link, I just like to share where I get my inspiration and resources.)
If you're wondering which patterns I've done, they are the Purse String Block (left, free tutorial), Unruly (center two) and the Classic Meets Modern (right).
My Hand Maker fat quarter bundle was purchased first back in April, 2017 and when I saw the Interference pattern several months later, I knew the two together would be perfect. It's too bad that I have more projects than time and it took over two years to finally put it all together. Once the patches were finally cut in May, the sewing was simple and fast, no matching seams. I just love putting together the combination of three different prints for each block. There were 26 different prints in this group and I added another black and white print from another collection since I thought it needed another black print to offset the one lone black print in the Hand Maker collection.
The blocks were finishes the first week of June and were not sewn together until this past Tuesday. There were birthdays, celebrations and a QAL which "interfered" with the finish.
My normal hang-up in finishing a quilt because I can't decide on a backing did not happen this time. I had yardage of this multi-color print with the same colors as the top in my backing vault which I bought while on vacation several years ago. The quilt was machine quilted with vertical wavy lines with a gray Connecting Threads variegated thread and was bound with the black and white print which was not part of the Hand Maker fabric line. This quilt measures 55" x 66" which is a nice size for a lap quilt.
The Weather once again played Interference with photo taking. It was cloudy when I hung this quilt up on my front porch with green Frog Tape. Sure enough, after taking photos and removing the tape from the siding, the Sun decided to make an appearance.
Not to let the sunshine go to waste, I thought the quilt would look nice against the retaining wall in the back yard and fortunately the grass was not wet nor were there any mosquitos lurking around. I just love the colors in this quilt which is perfect for this time of year, Supposedly Summer.
Normally, you think of interference as being a negative experience--either visually, physical or hearing. Interference the Quilt is a positive experience, it looks lovely, sewed nicely and you just have to hum Interference like a celebratory chorus of Hallelujah while machine quilting. And if that sounded like interference then it's because I'm a quilter and no Lady GaGa.
Linking up with: My Quilt Infatuation, NTT
