Hello everyone, and welcome new visitors! Just a quick post today to share one of my recent quilt top finishes and let you know about a fun new free quilt pattern offered by my friends at Art Gallery Fabrics and the Fat Quarter Shop.
You may have seen my post a few months back about the Birchen quilt pattern, the first in the new AGF Stitched series of free patterns and projects born out of a collaboration between Art Gallery and the Fat Quarter Shop. I was excited to be asked to join in the launch of the newest pattern in the AFG Stitched series, the Welded quilt.
I've had the chance to make my own version of Welded, and I can attest to the fact that it is a fun, beginner-friendly pattern that delivers great results. I always love a quilt pattern that is able to showcase my favorite large prints, and Welded certainly fits the bill.
The Art Gallery Fabrics portfolio of designers and fabric lines has grown so much that it's always difficult to decide what fabrics to use for these quilt patterns. For Welded, I decided to play with my good friend Katy Jones' line for AGF, Priory Square. That navy blue "clippings" print, with its collage-inspired mix of floral images and hand-drawn birds, is a new favorite of mine.
Though I finished the quilt top per the pattern instructions, I'm not quite done yet. I'm waiting for some more cuts of the fabric to arrive so that I can add some borders and increase the size of the quilt in order to make it a bit more queen-sized bed friendly. This one's going to be a Christmas present for someone!
I will admit that I found the on-point layout of the blocks and assembling the quilt top in rows a bit tricky. Actually, the tricky part was trimming the edges of the top once it was assembled. I had to trim a bit more off than expected, because my row ends didn't quite leave me a straight line for easy trimming. I'll chalk that one up to a learning experience.
As always, the Fat Quarter Shop team has done a great job putting together materials to make your quilt-making experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. These materials include the pattern, quilt kits, and a YouTube video that you can find below.
Quilt pattern: http://static.fatquartershop.com/media/wysiwyg/pdf/Welded-Pattern.pdf
Quilt kits (featuring Artisan by Pat Bravo): http://www.fatquartershop.com/welded-quilt-kit
Backing set: http://www.fatquartershop.com/backing-set-welded-quilt-kit
There is a whole bunch of other talented quilters showing off their Welded quilts today. Go check 'em out and say hi!
AGF Designer, Caroline Hulse of Sew Caroline
AGF Designer, Katarina Roccella
Kitty of Night Quilter
Dana of Old Red Barn Co.
Michele-Renee of Quilt Matters
Corey of Little Miss Shabby
Christina of Sometimes Crafter
Jess of the Elven Garden
Erica of Kitchen Table Quilting
Svetlana of Sotak Handmade
Natalia of Piece N Quilt
Megan of Quilt Story
Cara of That Crafty Cara
John of Quilt Dad
Sinta of Pink Pin Cushion
Jemima of Tied with a Ribbon
Riane of Vessel Quilts
Kaye of Miss Print