Today is my day as part of the blog hop hosted by byAnnie called #sewPINK to celebrate October as breast cancer awareness month!
Here is Reedy River Falls, a celebration of pink fabrics and half square triangles!
FABRICS & MATERIALS
The cover quilt is made with:
- Pink fabrics in light tones and darker tones. I picked all of these out of my scrap bin and stash and went with pinks that were more purple in tone.
- Moda Bella Solids in Black (and a few bits of an old Sweetwater black dictionary print)
- Moda Bella Solids in White
I do not make scrappy quilts very often, but I find one of easiest ways to use scraps for me is to use scraps with similar colors as one grouping of fabrics.
I used my favorite Warm & White batting by the Warm Company and Aurifil thread for the piecing. For the backing, I went with a solid burgundy fabric from FreeSpirit I had on hand.
QUILTING PLAN
My initial plan for quilting was to echo the diagonal seam lines of the half square triangles to reinforce the diamond shapes. Once I finished the straight line quilting, I felt that the quilting was a little too spaced apart, but the thought of adding more straight lines was not appealing (the quilt had to be turned so much during quilting).
So I figured that I would add some free motion quilting between the straight lines. This added such texture to the quilt and went quicker than I thought it would. You can really see the quilting on the solid backing, it makes it look like a whole cloth quilt :)
ABOUT THE PATTERN NAME
So how did this quilt get its name? I started out trying to think of a name with the word "diamonds" in it, but found that every name I came up already was a quilt pattern.
Reedy River Falls is a waterfall and the jewel of downtown Greenville, South Carolina where I live. Because the quilt contains diamond (or jewel) shapes I named it after the falls.
PATTERN DETAILS
Reedy River Falls is written at a confident beginner level and is scrap friendly (but can also be made with yardage). The half square triangles combine to form a diamond-like design in the quilt top.
The pattern contains instructions to make three sizes: lap and twin. The design is the same between the lap and twin sizes, with the twin size using larger sized blocks than the lap.
Once you make an Reedy River Falls quilt of your own, you can share it via social media using the hashtag #ReedyRiverFallsQuilt.
MANY THANKS
I would like to thank
Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl for her amazing tech editing skills and for helping me decide on colors, quilting designs, and more. I would also like to thank the Warm Company for the Warm & White batting (my favorite!).
GIVEAWAY
byAnnie's has been generous to sponsor a giveaway of a $30 gift certificate to byAnnie! The giveaway is open to everyone around the world, 18 years and older and runs through midnight EDT on Tuesday, October 19th.
To enter:
1. Simply add a comment to this post. Any comment will work, if you would like a topic, please share something good that has happened this month.
2. If you are a follower of Meadow Mist Designs (new or old), leave a second comment letting me know how you follow.
Please note that if you are a no-reply blogger (you do not have an email address associated with your account), then please include your email address in the comment. If I can't reach you, you can't win :(
#sewPINK BLOG HOP
The #SewPink Initiative was created by ByAnnie.com
LLC to raise awareness for breast cancer throughout the year. Our efforts
culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month
to promote self-care, awareness, early detection, and support for those
affected by breast cancer.
