Monday, September 24, 2012

Woven Ruby

This quilt started with just a layer cake of Ruby by Bonnie and Camilla for Moda. I love the prints in this line, and I didn't want to chop them up too much. I ended up cutting each layer cake into 5 - 2" strips and piecing those with some solid white. After trimming the blocks to 8" square I played with layouts, and ultimately decided on this simple woven design:
Woven Ruby Quilt
On the back I included a few left over blocks and some complimenting prints:
Woven Ruby Quilt - back
For the quilting, I decided to try out Elizabeth Hartman's Dogwood pattern. It's quite similar to the orange peel quilt pattern that I've used before! I quilted a dogwood in each 7.5" block; the larger quilt design really softened the look of this quilt, especially after a trip through the wash.
Woven Ruby Quilt
I used the aqua pin dot from the Ruby line for the binding, with a tiny bit of piecing thrown in!
Woven Ruby Quilt - back
Finished off at 49" x 63", this is a great lap quilt for snuggling on the couch (or in an adirondack chair)! It's now listed in the shop!
Woven Ruby Quilt

12 comments:

Heather D. said...

Gorgeous! I love the woven design.

Annabella said...

Very pretty - it does look like latticework!

Marci Girl said...

Love the quilting, it just makes the quilt! So pretty!

felicity said...

Simply gorgeous!

Kristie said...

So pretty! I love this line, and I love what you've done with it :)

Kelly said...

It's so sweet and I just adore the backing fabric. Gorgeous job!

Kirsten said...

So beautiful - love the quilting too!

Alison V. said...

How beautiful!

Anonymous said...

love it!

Kristan said...

So pretty! Love the colors. That's a great fabric line, perfect for this quilt.

Jo said...

Love it!

Live a Colorful Life said...

What a sweet quilt. And I love that little pieced bit in the binding.