Koby, Margot, Frida, and more

Here are 4 quilts I quilted in the past week and 3 of them are mine!

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Me

Pattern: Koby from GE Designs

Fabrics: Urban Oasis Flannels from Northcott Fabrics

Size: 86" x 90"

Batting: Quilters Dream Batting Wool

Thread: Glide--Light Turquoise

Pantograph: Skating ⤵️ from Lovely Threads

I've shared that "Jessica's Vidalia" was my husband's favorite pantograph. This one, "Skating", is my favorite pantograph! Molly, the designer, wrote that if you want a modern pantograph, "choose one that is hard to describe, with a shape you don't quite have the words for". Skating definitely fits that criteria.

This quilt started as a Christmas gift from my friend, Lynn. Here's the entire bundle ⤵️, plus we added several blenders. She bought one yard cuts of everything and split them half and half with me. 

My experience is flannels are usually Autumn or Christmas themed, which doesn't really carry on through all the flannel quilt months we face here in Minnesota. Lynn and I both fell in love with this flannel group for the New Years to Spring flannel quilt season.

I used a 108" wide flannel backing ⤵️ and used the trim off parts for nice, long binding strips. ⤴️

Lynn and I had a sew day and cut out our quilts together. You'll see her version, also a Koby quilt, later this month. By the way, we did reconfigure the blocks so our quilts came out wider than the original pattern, from the original 75" x 100" size, to 86" x 90".

Quilt Info #2:

Maker: Quilter Bonnie

Pattern: Margot from GE Designs

Size: 59" x 74"

Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20

Thread: Glide--Light Turquoise

Pantograph: Skating ⤵️ from Lovely Threads

Here's my favorite pantograph again, "Skating"! ⤴️⤵️

Bonnie started this quilt on October 18, 2025, when Gudrun of GE Designs had a one-day virtual retreat. Gudrun recently announced that she will be doing a one-day virtual retreat again this fall.

Part of the retreat price included quilter's choice between 12 different fabric lines, which included 12 fat quarters, background fabric, border and binding fabrics, plus a number of other goodies and surprises. Bonnie added this 108" backing.

Super cute fabrics!!! And did you notice, the quilt is made up of 2 different blocks? Bonnie used the alternative layout, with 24 A blocks in the center, surrounded by 24 B blocks around the outside.

Quilt Info #3:

Maker: Me

Pattern: Frida from GE Designs

Size: 43" x 50"

Batting: Quilters Dream Batting

Thread: Glide--Smoke

Pantograph: Freemotion 2 ⤵️ from Sew Shabby Pantos

I love dense quilting! Combined with 100% cotton batting, the quilt gets softer with each washing and drying.

This is another QAL held by Gudrun just last Saturday, February 7, 2026. There were no retreat boxes this time, just use your own fabric stash. I decided to keep it small and make a baby quilt.

The original crib size finishes at 37" x 45". I wanted mine a little larger so I added a border, ⤴️ which brought it up to 43" x 50".

This is a woodland animals themed quilt, destined for my daughter's co-worker who is expecting a baby boy. In keeping with the woodland theme, I used this IKEA duvet cover, which I find absolutely charming! 

Quilt Info #4:

Maker: Me

Pattern: Charming Stacks from Sterling Quilt Co.

Size: 40" x 52"

Batting: Quilters Dream Batting 100% Cotton

Thread: Glide--Smoke

Pantograph: Labyrinth ⤵️ from Sew Shabby Pantos

More dense quilting. I wash most of my quilts when finished and before gifting, to get them started on the softening and crinkling.

This 5" charm square quilt pattern uses many of the same fabrics as my Frida quilt, above, and the same duvet cover for backing. This was a twin size duvet cover. I was able to back 3 baby quilts with it, piecing together the front, back and pillowcase.

This is a great 5" charm square pattern--I highly recommend it!!!

Here are the 4 quilts once more, draped over my patio railing. I quilted another quilt, also, but that one is a surprise and will be revealed at a later date.

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

You'll find more quilt inspiration at Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, 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.