Thursday, February 5, 2015

Shattered Plus Quilt

With 121 quarter square triangles and 20 different colors of Kona Cotton arranged in a plus pattern...the Shattered Plus Quilt is finished!
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The finished quilt measures 67" square. The backing, which I regret that I did not take a picture of, is white pin dot on black. Nothing fancy, and I have had the polk-a-dot fabric in my stash for a long time. The binding, however, is fancy. I used the left-over fabric from the QSTs to make the binding just as colorful as the quilt top.
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I used Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 Cotton Blend Batting for the first time on this quilt. I figured a loftier batting would make the quilting pop more, and it sure did. I also used gold Isacord thread for the all-over free motion swirls. Gold is the new neutral in case you haven't heard. I just made that up. 
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And since I never feel like adding labels to my quilts, I have decided that I should just quilt my signature into the quilt. :) My last d is a little cut off by binding, but oh well. Are you the quilt police?! At least I signed it, right? And it's better than just signing with permanent fabric marker.
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Thank you all who have commented and said hello since the Grow Your Blog Hop post. I am so thankful for all the new followers and loyal readers, and I apologize for not responding very quickly to all the new and sweet comments. I'm working on that, though. The Aurifil thread giveaway is still going on here until February 15.

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Happy Stitching,

29 comments:

  1. This is a beautiful quilt, Katie! I love the first photograph of it here; stepping back from it really emphasizes the colors and pattern - lovely!

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  2. So pretty! I'll spread the word about gold being the new neutral :P you might have started something ;)

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  3. Whoa! This is gorgeous. If this was my quilt I would smile every time looked at it haha. And those swirls are perfect, love the gold thread.

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  4. Such pretty colors. I love how you finished it, the scrappy binding is perfect!

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  5. I love this! Taking a basic block pattern and making it a whole lot more than basic. Perfect.

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  6. So beautiful and worth the time and effort. And I bet that backing is a wonderful contrast.

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  7. What a beauty! And I love the way you've signed your quilt. I may start doing that, too, as I hate making labels as I think they are so distractive.

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  8. Congratulations! it is really lovley - like the scrappy binding a lot.

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  9. What a great idea to use the hourglass blocks to create pluses! I love it!

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  10. You did a terrific job. Love the colors!!!

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  11. Awesome! I love the colors. I didn't even notice the plus design on you earlier posts. The quarter square triangles are just too cool.

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  12. beautiful color scheme, and i love how the quilting looks with it as well!

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  13. Love, love, love this quilt. Your colour palette is so cheery and the quilting is perfect. I never would have thought of that motif with those blocks. Thanks for linking up with TGIFF!

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  14. Well this is just beautiful! You have some amazing fmq skills!

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  15. This looks fantastic. What a happy quilt

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  16. Gorgeous quilt and amazing quilting! You go, girl!

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  17. I love the colors and the movemet you have created by color placement. The binding is perfect for the quilt. What a fantastic creation!

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  18. What a beautiful quilt. I do like the idea of your "signing" using your quilting. I think quilts should be signed and dated some how for future folks.... so that is a Non intrusive way!

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  19. So striking! It looks like a different quilt when the orientation changes - beautiful, no matter how you look at it!

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  20. that quilt is so pretty :) www.crazyforpurple.com

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  21. Your quilt is stunning! The quilting looks great and I love that you signed it in thread.

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  22. Your color pairings are just beautiful. I only just learned to quilt and hope to stick with it. Thanks for your inspirations.

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  23. Hi Katie! This is gorgeus quilt! You have used those beautiful solids fantastic! Cute idea to stitch your name as a label like that. I love this quilt! x Teje

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  24. Oh my, this is stunning. i love the colour choices, and wouldn't have thought of using the split colour alike this. x

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  25. Love the colour choices and the neat twist on the plus layout. Great finish! :)

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