"Talitha" (no.12)

So my most recent quilt (no.12) was a commission from my sister. This is the second time I have made this pattern and it is one of my favourites. Reason being that it is hard to make a mistake. The pattern makes matching seams so easy. It is also a wonderful way to be creative with fabrics, colours and patterns. I find it is a really great pattern for beginners.  

This quilt is 70" by 70" and covers the top of a double bed. It also has the company of a 20" square pillow. The fabrics chosen are very colourful with a common gold detailing through the patterns.   

This is one quarter of the large patchwork square. Each quarter is about 8" squared.

This is the most exciting and best hack I have found when assembling a quilt. I lay out the backing on the floor and then using a pool noodle rolled the wadding onto the backing and then rolled the quilt top onto the wadding. This works so well to prevent bulking between the layers. 

 

I used my Pfaff Hobby 380 to quilt this one because I had not yet purchased the Pfaff Quilt Expression 4.2. This was the hardest thing about quilting on the physical side. My little dressmaking machine has very little room to pull the quilt through which affected my neck and back muscles. Making this quilt made me realise how much I needed to invest in a larger machine designed for quilting. 

For the border and binding I decided to have a double border to expand the size of the quilt. I chose a gold checked pattern with metallic gold detailing like the fabrics in the patchwork. For the larger border and the backing I chose blue tone grey to lessen the impact of the metallic accents. Hand sewing is one of my favourite parts of making a quilt. I usually watch TV when I do this or re-watch some of my favourite shows like How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Gilmore Girls and The Community. If you have any recommendations let me know.

This being my twelfth quilt, it was called "no.12" for a while. I decided to name it after my sister, "Talitha." 

After sewing the border I literally started on "no.13" which I am so excited about because it'll be the first quilt I will make with my new machine. 

If you are interested in any of my other past quilts let me know in the comments. Thank you for reading.

Miss Mae