Figures Pink

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Earlier this year a local quilt shop was selling everything so they could move out of state – I picked up a yard or two of a few prints and continued to wade through the chaos. When I saw charm packs of the Zen Chic Figures line, I took almost all o them knowing that I had mini charm packs at home that had arrived with an online order.
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When I started piecing this quilt together, we had recently created Buckeye Beauty blocks for a bee my modern quilting group is doing. I had made more half-square triangles than four patch blocks so I had to modify the pattern slightly.
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There are still diamonds, but he secondary pattern is broken up. I love the overall effect. I know quilts created from a single fabric line can seem a bit boring, but I sometimes just want to sew without thinking about if the colors or needing to cut yardage into pieces.
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On the back is a print with pink and yellow from some other fabric line. I liked the lightness of the backing against the blues and yellows on the front.
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Inside is polyester batting and it’s quilted with my usual square spirals. Why polyester instead of my usual cotton batting? I had received several different battings from a friend and was trying them out. The quilt feels nice and my cats really enjoyed sitting on it while in progress. Unfortunately, we don’t really need another throw size quilt – 48” x 64”, so it’ll be available at an upcoming holiday bazaar.

3 thoughts on “Figures Pink”

  1. At which holiday bazaars will you have a booth? I LOVE this time of year. I’ll definitely be looking for you.

  2. I have used the poly batts for years. I recently tried a cotton batt, not knowing having a scrim in it would make hand quilting difficult, I really did not like it. Will save the second one I bought for when I learn machine quilting! I went to the fabric store and bought a poly batt for my next full size quilt. They always come out nice and soft, no shrinking issues and hanged nice too.

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