Quilt Market: Lori Holt

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There's something irresistible about the enduring cuteness of Lori Holt's designs. At Market, I made a couple sightings. There's an upcoming Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Along project.

Now, if I can just remember where I put the book...

Next up was the Vintage Christmas Quilt using Cozy Christmas fabrics.

I honestly don't know how she comes up with so many adorable things.

Have you made any of her patterns? I used one of the blocks from Farm Girl Vintage to make a friend's baby quilt. There are so many block patterns per book that there are really limitless possibilities.

Quilt Market: Trixie by Heather Ross for Windham

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Heather Ross, who designs for Windham, has a tremendous fan following, and there's much demand for her out-of-print designs. Windham re-released Mendocino in 2016. In 2019, adorable mice will return with Trixie.

The collection features a panel to make Trixie and her counterpart Thomas, as well as a mouse tent. Additionally, there are strawberries, ginghams, florals, and a rustic-looking diamond patchwork print.

The collection will come to stores in February, 2019.

This cat reminds me of the Manhattan Toy softie. If I gifted this quilt to a baby, I'd definitely need both. I'm a sucker for coordinating sets; just ask my kids' wardrobes.

So are you a Heather Ross junkie? Admittedly, I am. I was just a little late to the game, so I appreciate the throw-backs.

Wonderland Quilt Along: Finishing

If you're participating in the Wonderland Quilt Along, it's time to get things quilted up. An allover design or walking foot pattern will do beautifully. However, in case you want to do some custom work, I'll show you what I did. My last version had different free-motions designs, so you may want to check that out post first. I also went into detail about how I created the free-motion machine embroidery words on my original quilt.

If you're just discovering the Wonderland Quilt, here's a link to pick up the pattern.

I used large spools of Aurifil 50 wt thread. While I started with an Aurifil Designer Collection, I added spools from my color rack as I went to match the fabrics in the top. The final selections include 2620, 5007, 2615, 2024, 2692, 2784, 2783, 2805, 5006, 2884, 1114, 2860, 5015, 2214, 2420, and 6729.

The bobbin contained cream to match the backing.

The entire background is a curling ribbon and bows. For the Cheshire, I used radiating curves for the ears and nose, pebbles for the main body, and a star meander to match the print on the head.

The teapot and cup feature lines with pebbles, rows of brackets, and radiating curves.

Some matchstick quilting, oval pebbles, and curvy lines appear on the bottle. The cake has ribbon candy, pebbles, and rows of square spirals.

The rabbit has a fur/flame pattern and a branchy meander. (Yep, that's the proper term I just invented.)

The hookah has overlapping arches, a wishbone on the navy and radiating curves.

I learned my lesson from last time, and committed to few words. I did a paraphrase of a line from the last page of Alice in Wonderland.

The flamingo has feathers (of course) and some angled straight lines. Flowers have scallops and veins for the leaves.

The suites were treated to a loop de loop or a curved grid. Mine's off, but this is me being okay with that. The intention was for them to cross in an arch.

Spirals, curvy lines, and a back and forth meander fills the mushroom.

#2785, #2715, #2692, #4644, #2890, #2730, #2395, #2150, #1154, #6723, #2479, and #2606 are Aurifil thread matches if you are using Rifle Paper Company's Wonderland collection and want to match your threads to your top.