Plaidish Quilt

I'm trying to get all caught up on my blogging

before the end of the year (2 days from now)

but I don't think it's going to happen!

I know I have another quilt or two that I still

need to photograph!  

But here's to trying!

This is my last quilt finish of 2022 -

my Christmas Plaidish quilt!

I actually started it last Christmas.

I was given a fat quarter bundle

from Simply Love Fabrics of this darling fabric line,

Warm Wishes by Simple Simon and Co. for Riley Blake Designs.

Simply Love Fabrics hosted a giveaway for me last year and sent me 

the bundle afterward.  Super generous of them, right!?!

I bought some yardage from them for the back and then

made a couple of blocks before it went into

"project hibernation" for a year.

Then, I went to a 2-day quilting retreat earlier this month and 

spontaneously decided to bring it along.  I ended up working on

it for a day and a half and got the quilt top done.

I threw in several other fabrics from my stash

to add more variety.  I especially love the pink and gray

buffalo check prints but I threw in several others

that fit the color palette, as well.

The dark green floral that I used for the back is

from Warm Wishes, too. I think Minky would've been a nice choice 

for the back, as well, since it's a wintery quilt and Minky is so soft and cozy 

but I didn't think about that until the quilt top was made.

I had already purchased the floral so I just stuck with that.

I think it's a really pretty print though!

I bound it with a red plaid woven fabric

that has white and blue lines on it.

Jen Ostler in Highland, UT quilted it with a panto

called, Swirly Snowflake, which

I think gives it some nice movement.

The pattern is a free tutorial by Erica

of Kitchen Table Quilting, called Plaidish.  It's the perfect

pattern for using up scraps!  Click HERE for the tutorial.

I've had several people on Instagram comment on how

much they like this pattern in these fabrics.

And while I am really happy with the way it turned out,

I will say that this quilt is a little busier than I'm used to.

I also feel like some of my color values

got mixed up along the way.  

The pattern calls for dark, medium, and light fabrics

and I feel like some of the medium fabrics read as lights

and some of the lights read as mediums.

It was a good learning experience though!

I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out overall, though.

I really like the fabrics, colors, and pattern!  

Warm Wishes is a darling fabric line!

And I think when you stand back and look at

the overall quilt, you can really see the "plaid" design.

I would love to make another one someday!

Happy quilting!