Holly

Here's my Holly quilt, the 9th quilt in the Stripology Quickies Club!

Quilt Info:

Pattern: Holly from GE Designs

Size: 42" x 56"

Batting: Quilters Dream 100% Cotton, White

Thread: Glide--Mint

Pantograph: Loopy Link ⤵️ from Sew Shabby Pantos

Is this an adorable pantograph from Sew Shabby Pantos or what?!! I spaced it fairly open because it's a baby quilt, plus I used Minkee for backing, and wanted a softer hand.

When using Minkee, I love to turn the Minkee backing to the front for a soft, easy binding! After quilting, I carefully trim the batting off at the edge of the quilt. Try not to cut into the Minkee! Then cut the Minkee backing 1 1/4" from the edge of the quilt, turn it over twice and topstitch! I lengthen the stitch length a bit for this topstitching, too.

Trimming at 1 1/4" worked great for a baby quilt. I would use a 1 1/2" width for a throw size quilt.

When you look at the entire quilt, you can see a friendship star and a pinwheel block.⤴️ So it's rather surprising that the quilt block is the 4-patch you see below, consisting of 8 rectangles. ⤵️ It's all in the color placement and orientation of the diagonal slice. My pink blocks are A blocks and my light green blocks are B blocks.

Minkee binding and label attached.⤴️ I order my labels from Dutch Label Shop.

I love this mint green Minkee! And I love how quilting shows up beautifully on a smooth Minkee backing!!! 

A sweet finish!!!

Below are my first 9 quilts from the yearlong Stripology Quickies Club.⤵️ 

Quinn is the next quilt up! The teaching video comes out on September 3rd, so I've got a little breathing/quilting room between now and then!!!

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

You'll find more quilt inspiration at TGIFF, Off the Wall Friday, Finished Or Not Friday, From Bolt To Beauty, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap, Handmade Monday, Sew & Tell, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down.