Do you have a quilt pattern that you return to over and over again? I do. For the past year and a half, one of the patterns that I keep coming back to is for the Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt by Bonnie of Quiltville. Each quilt I've made from the pattern is different, and each time I've been able to experiment with fabric placement, color palettes, and block layouts. I've used bright, colorful prints for one, and white and cream solids with pops of saturated colors for another.
For this most recent iteration, I pulled white, cream, and light blue strips from my scrap bins. I incorporated some unexpected fabrics, including a vintage eyelet, a hand-printed fabric I received in a swap, and a lightweight linen-cotton canvas.
I pieced the back using largish scraps from my stash, and quilted it in light blue thread with a cross-hatch pattern. It's now for sale in the Etsy shop, if you'd like to take a look.
And this is not my last pass at this pattern---I already have blocks made from bright solids ready to be turned into a quilt top!
All quilt photos by Caroline Okun.
This is so beautiful! I've been thinking of trying this pattern with low volume fabrics so it is lovely to see yours with these subtle colours. I'm so impressed by your quilts and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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