Arrowhead Quilt

I wrapped up (literally and figuratively) a quilt for my mother's Christmas present. The pattern is the Arrowhead Quilt from the 13 Spools Tribal Block Club.

I used a white solid, along with fabrics from the Transformation collection by Sarah Vedeler from Contempo Studio. I wanted to detail the background with free-motion and ruler work to highlight the negative space. All the quilting was done with Aurifil White #2024.

This piece is an example of alternate grid work, which I intended to use in conjunction with my November guest post for the Modern Quilt Along at Simple Simon and Company. (Except, I think Elizabeth & Liz might have forgotten 😊.)

I started with diagonal, straight lines to stabilize the top and divide up the space. From there, I used the quilt as a testing grounds for an assortment of border designs. Affiliate links occur in my resources below, as well as non-standardized naming of patterns. The designs have different names depending on the source, much like quilt blocks.

Moving from the corners inward, I used Triangle Spiral; the Swirl Chain from Angela Walter's Borders and Backgrounds Craftsy class; Bow Tie from Lori Kennedy's Free-Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3; an elaborate border designed by renowned teacher Jessica Gamez; Figure 8/Ribbon Candy from Small Changes, Big Variety; Simple V filled with Pebbles; Chain Squares from Small Changes, Big Variety and Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters; Brackets from Angela Walter's Borders and Backgrounds and Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters filled with Twist/Wishbone/Figure 8's; Stacked Triangles; Connecting Waves from Making Connections; Arcs; Kaleidoscope taught by Christina at A Few Scraps; S's; Serpentine Line from Help! How Do I Quilt It? or Twisted Rope; and Custom Feathers from Free-Motion Quilting with Feathers.

The video I used to create the Kaleidoscope free-motion pattern follows:

Ruler work was used on the Dot-to-Dot Simple V design and the elaborate border incorporated thanks to step-by-step guidance from Jessica Gamez of Jessica's Quilting Studio in her Border Symphony techniques I admired from quilting she did on Almost Like the Blues. Any irregularities are from my execution of the technique, rather than her instruction, I assure you. I marked points using a Clover wet-erase marker.



I pulled scraps that matched the colors of the prints used in the top from my color-sorted scrap bins, and cut the ones that were large enough into 2 1/2" strips. These were joined together to create my scrappy binding. It makes a cheery and economical option.

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