wonky wild world quilt

I’m so excited to show you a finished quilt! I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Jenean Morrison again, this time using her newest line of fabric, Wild World. This new line is a gorgeous mix of florals and fun geometric shapes in a really lovely softer color palette. You can read more about her inspiration for this line here.

I thought that the smaller scale designs would lend themselves well in a string quilt, and together we decided that a quilt similar to my original wonky string quilt would work well.

I used 11″ squares this time so as to show off larger pieces of Jenean’s fabrics. I initially couldn’t decide what solid color to use for the center strings.

I considered white and also gray, but since I’ve used both in the past, I decided to go with this warm stone color, which I think is a great compliment to these prints.


(as always, a big thanks to Morgan who didn’t even complain (much!) about having to climb onto these two rocks in the middle of the river so I could get this shot!)

For the backing I went with Kona Artichoke, which is one of my favorites. And of course, for a little something fun on the back, I pieced together a couple small striped sections using a few of the leftover prints.

This quilt will be displayed in Jenean’s booth at Quilt Market. If you’ll be attending this year, be sure to stop by booth #729 to say hi and take a closer look at this great new line!

And now, a little something for you! I have several pieces and smaller scraps of these fabrics left over, and Jenean has generously offered them to one of you!

Just leave a comment here and I’ll pick a winner tomorrow. If you’d like, you could tell me what you’re working on this week, or perhaps a favorite Fall activity! (me, I love traveling through small towns in VT to check out the foliage!)

Comments are now closed. I’ll select and post a winner shortly!

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thank you, thank you!

Thank you all ever so much for the wonderful comments and heartfelt congratulations! We truly appreciate it! We are thrilled, and are very much looking forward to the end of March, when we’ll get to meet this little one. You can bet there will be lots of baby sewing going on, especially once we find out if it’ll be a girl or boy!

We spent a great long weekend outside of Boston visiting with friends and enjoying fall weather and fall activities. On the way home (ok, truth be told, it was actually about an hour and a half out of the way…), I found a couple fabric shops to visit. I love visiting new shops, especially when you find great fabrics! I was especially surprised to find one lone bolt of a pink Flea Market Fancy print with a couple yards left. Always a fun find!

I’m looking forward to doing some quilting this weekend. It’s been quite a while since I’ve felt like even looking at fabric. But hopefully that’s passed now and I can get back into it! I may even have a couple quilts to show you next week.

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Anyone in the Burlington, Vermont area? My favorite local sewing and knitting shop, Nido, is celebrating their one year anniversary on Friday. Stop by the shop for cupcakes and a store-wide sale! (Someone grab me a cupcake, ok?!)

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oh baby!


(photo courtesy of Eunice’s Needlecraft Shop)

We’re having a baby!

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