I loved the backing fabric from my Dawn's Delight quilt so much that I immediately wanted to use the leftovers in another quilt. It's the black floral fabric I circled below and the biggest square I could cut from the leftovers was 4". So what's a pattern that you can basically use any size square for? The classic Trip Around the World pattern! I had never made one but now I'm obsessed and would love to make more!
I mocked up a Trip Around the World quilt with my Electric Quilt software and asked a friend if she wanted to join the fun. I told her my goal was to not buy any fabric for this project (we could trade fabric but I was really hoping to not have to buy any). She was up for the challenge!
We got together to look at our fabrics and did our best to plan the color/fabric placement. It was kind of hard to envision how the finished quilt would look so I went home, laid everything out on the floor, made a few tweaks, and then once I was happy with the layout I sewed my blocks together in diagonal rows.
I had my friend Jen Ostler quilt it with a classic Baptist Fan pattern and then I bound it in this black fabric that I inherited from my grandmother after she passed away. I love incorporating bits of her fabric into my quilts!
I added one of my favorite labels from Ever Emblem. They're so easy to sew into the binding so I don't have an excuse to not label my quilts! I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels. If you want to get some for yourself, you will just have to pick one of their basic cotton labels and customize it from there.
In case you were wondering, I didn't have to buy any for this quilt! I made a scrappy back using a bunch of orange remnants from my stash - which feels amazing!!!
Classic quilts are my favorite and I'm so glad I finally made a Trip Around the World quilt!
My quilt finished at approximately 70" x 80" and I have written some instructions for this exact quilt that I'm excited to share with you today!
Click HERE for the free PDF pattern.
Above is a digital mockup of my quilt so you can see the color placement. I did include it in the PDF pattern (but wanted to include it here as well, for those of you that only have a black and white printer or don't want to print in color). It doesn't use my exact fabrics but it's a very close representation of my quilt, don't you think?
Like I said, I loved making this quilt. It's beginner-friendly, easy to adjust the square size or colors, and is just classic! It would be beautiful in any color way! I can definitely see more of these in my future! What about you? Have you made a Trip Around the World quilt or would you like to?
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