Photograph by Michelle Bartholomew
I would like to introduce Up the Ladder, my quilt pattern for the 3rd pattern collection of Quilt Theory. Up the Ladder was inspired by traditional quilt ladders used to showcase and store quilts and is a lap sized, jelly roll or mini charm pack friendly pattern. The pattern combines beginner level piecing into a strong geometric design.
Photograph by Michelle Bartholomew
Many thanks to Michael Miller for providing the beautiful Cotton Couture solids and to Aurifil for supplying the thread for the piecing and quilting.
I quilted Up the Ladder in a topography like design using 50 wt white (color 2024) Aurifil thread. The 50 wt worked well to create texture but not stand out too much on the darker colored fabrics.
Photograph by Michelle Bartholomew
Our goal at Quilt Theory is to create simple and modern quilt patterns, and we design collections of patterns printed on small cards and one-page PDFs. As a group, we have become a strong team as we worked through writing, testing, editing, and quilting the patterns in our collection.
For our third collection, we picked out a color palette that each of us worked with. We hope you find a lot of inspiration in our collection to make quilts from your favorite bundles in your stash.
Where to Buy
PDF patterns are available now through our website QuiltTheory.com. Pattern cards coming soon to a local quilt shop near you! Let your local quilt shop know you want them to carry Quilt Theory patterns.
Giveaway!
Photograph by Yvonne Fuchs
There is more than enough fabric to make your own Up the Ladder. Thanks so much to Yvonne for arranging all of the wonderful prizes we have for this hop.
To enter, use the Rafflecopter widget below (if you are reading this post via e-mail, you may need to click on the link below to enter the giveaway).
The giveaway ends Friday, October 27th, at 8 pm eastern time and a random number generator will select the winner. Giveaway open to participants 18 years or older in the United States (due to shipping costs, other blogs during the hop are having Aurifil giveaways that are open to world wide participants).
Be sure to visit the rest of the Quilt Theory designers this week during our blog hop!
Quilt Theory Release Blog Hop Schedule
Saturday 10/14 – Michelle Bartholomew
Monday 10/16 – Lorinda from Laurel Poppy and Pine
Tuesday 10/17 – Kitty from Night Quilter
Wednesday 10/18 – Stephanie from Late Night Quilter
Thursday 10/19 – Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl
Friday 10/20 – Cheryl from Meadow Mist Designs ← me!
Saturday 10/21 – Quilt Theory
I am linking up to Finish It Up Friday over at Crazy Mom Quilts.
Photograph by Michelle Bartholomew
