Details:
MQG QuiltCon 2020 Mini Quilt Swap
Pattern: Original Design by Me
Finished Size: 22 x 22 inches
Finished in Early February 2020
I participated in the mini quilt swap with the Modern Quilt Guild earlier this year, via mail since I didn't go to QuiltCon this year. This is my second quilt finish of this year and I don't know if I should count mini quilts as part of my goal for finishing 12 quilts this year. I'm going to not count it right now but I'll reserve the right to change my mind in case I don't make it to 12 quilts by the end of the year!
Some of the things my partner told me that inspired my design for this quilt are that she likes Caribbean colors and the ocean. I can be kind of literal sometimes - I immediately though of waves. I wanted to do something original (last year for the mini quilt swap, I used a pattern, which I don't think is a bad thing, but I still wanted to do an original design) so I sketched out a few options and then started cutting fabric! My partner mentioned she likes Alison Glass (which I do too!) so I used fabrics from the Sunprints 2019 collection and also a Lizzy House constellations print, which served as the base for my choice of colors from the Caribbean spectrum. All the solids are scraps from another quilt I was working on; it was so perfect that they were in the colors my partner likes and coordinated with the prints I chose. I also used some Craftsy ombre charm squares I had, and a few different low volume fat quarters. The triangles are cut small so it's hard to see the ombre fabrics, but I do think they add a sense of movement to the quilt.
I straight line quilted it with both a variegated thread and white thread, with the quilting lines pretty close together.
I'm pleased with how this turned out. I'm thinking I would like to make another quilt with these colors, so I kept all my scraps from this quilt together to use in the future. I always get so nervous making a quilt for someone else, because what if they don't like it? But my partner did seem to like it, and even asked me what fabrics I used because she wanted to make a bed quilt using similar colors, so I think that's a pretty good sign that it was well received.
