Last fall I hosted a quilt along for my original pattern Rise. I made this top as a part of that, but didn't get around to quilting it until this summer. Such is life! Here she is all finished.
I went with a lighter, softer color scheme than my
original Rise quilt, using an assortment of color prints and solids from my stash and Kona Bone- my go-to cream background choice. I always use it with Fig Tree fabrics too.
The backing is a long-hoarded bird print from Heather Bailey. I love
birds and collect bird things in all forms, so it was hard to part with
this quilt (more on that later), but I think it found the perfect home here. It's such a gorgeous print.
I ended up having to wash this quilt before I sent it off, hence the crinkle. My boys got some sort of mark on it, but luckily it came out! It's quilted with a scallop stitch on my Husqvarna Opal.
This quilt has been donated to QuiltAnthropy, a non-profit that uses money from quilt auctions to help refugees. The founder is a wonderful woman who is the mother of two of my college roommates. She is truly an inspiration. If you are interested in donating a quilt to QuiltAnthropy, you can contact her at Patricia@quiltanthropy.org, or visit
their site which is soon to be fully launched. If you are in northern Utah, you may be able to attend the auction and purchase a beautiful quilt! Last year they raised over $22,000 for refugees. Amazing.
Here is one of the blocks from the quilt along last year. You can still find the individual block pattern downloads for free
here, or purchase the full consolidated pattern PDF in my shop
here.