I brought out some colorful quilts yesterday. Spring is here, and I want to celebrate! These quilts were all made a few years back, but still bring a smile to my face. Don’t you just love the cheer that some color adds to the mix? Let me tell you about the quilts.
The quilt above is called Scrappy Trip Around the World. I believe the instructions were from a Bonnie Hunter project, but have not kept any of the information, so I have no details. I can tell you the fabric is from my American Jane stash, which I pretty much used up on this project! Now that was a fun quilt. I remember I definitely needed every inch of my design wall when laying out all the pieces.
I absolutely adore this quilt, and made it to use in Eva’s bedroom here at our house. The pattern is fabulous and is called Gypsy Girl by Heather Muldar Peterson of Anka’s Treasures. It was an absolute blast to piece, and the diagonal setting could not be more perfect.
I used two American Jane collections for the quilt: Cherries Jubilee and Apple Pie.
This quilt is called Shortline, a pattern by Carrie Nelson, of Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co. I made it back in the day when I was doing some stunt sewing for Carrie. It was actually pictured on the pattern. The cool thing about this quilt is that the pattern has two versions, one made from a jelly roll and the one above, which was actually made from a honey bun. I made one with a French General jelly roll, which I gifted to one of my nieces. Both versions work up quickly and are probably the best use of a jelly roll or honey bun!
The fabrics I used were Happy Camper by American Jane. I was definitely in my American Jane era back then. I remember working on this at my Dad’s house, sitting at his dining room table with my Singer. My sister Andrea helped me with the rail fence border. Happy memories.
Can I just tell you how much I love this quilt? It has my entire heart. I love a basket quilt, and this one really fits the bill. If you look closely, you can see that there are several variations of the basket block. This was a fun one to make, and took me quite some time, especially with 36 basket blocks and that half-square triangle border.
The quilt is a pattern called MoJo by Carrie Nelson (Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co.). It would look fantastic in just about any fabric collection you chose. The fabric I used was Simple Abundance by Camille Roskelley.
Did you enjoy my spring quilt show? I left the MoJo basket quilt on the bed, and have the others in various spots around the house and on the front porch. Are you adding some spring color to your decor?
I did search for links for the patterns I mentioned, but struck out on all of them. I don’t know if they are all out of circulation or what. Do let us know in the comments if you find any links for them.
ADDED LATER: Here is a link to Gypsy Girl by Heather Muldar Peterson
And here is the link to Scrappy Trips
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Funny you mention out of circulation patterns. I made two nearly identical quilts in the late 1990’s, one for me, one for a friend. The second one was just recently gifted to one of my daughters, the friend is downsizing.
Daughter was thrilled, she was a toddler when I made them, she had never known there was a second quilt.
Somehow neither quilt was labeled. I remembered the name of the pattern producer and found her fairly easily on line. I asked for the publication year. My embroidery person is now making me two very thorough labels.
In our conversations, pattern lady mentioned her pattern are now obsolete and she did not kept copies. I dug deep through my anrchives and found the original pattern. In fact I found I had three versions of the pattern. I mailed her all three original versions. She was thrilled. (I had 16 patterns on the market in that same time frame. I also did not keep copies. My daughter has slowly been buying them back on eBay and Etsy when they come up. I identify 100%)
I am terrible about labeling my quilts. I usually do it if I am giving the quilt away, but if it is just for me, I don’t bother. Someday I may regret that.
What a lovely array of quilts! Yes, Scrappy Trips Around the World is a Bonnie Hunter design. It’s one of the free patterns available on her blog. But….no books on the nightstands? Or did you just clear them off for the photo shoot? LOL!
Actually, Nann, I only keep my Kindle on my bedside table! I have hundreds of books all over the house, though! Lots of bookcases and stacks everywhere you look.
I made a couple Mojo quilts; one was gifted to a friend on her cancer journey. Isn’t it fun to sew quilts and give them to family or friends?!
I gave away about 40 quilts a few years ago. I need to do it again to make room for the more recent ones.
FORTY QUILTS??!!! holy moly!
Lovely quilt show, Nicole. They are all beautiful, but Mojo could easily go on my “to make” list!
Isn’t that a stunning pattern? I wish Camille Roskelley would design a collection with those colors again. I really enjoy her fabrics, but she is locked into only a couple of colorways.
Heather Mulder website is called Ankastreasures and Gypsy girl is still for sale on her site.
Thank you Betty! I will stick in a link to it.
Oops. It’s Heather Mulder Peterson.
Love the show! Ankas Treasures (Heather Peterson’s design name) has Gypsy Girl on her site, at least through the instagram link.
Question – in several posts, you comment using your Fig Tree Stash and today American Jane stash. Do you store your fabric by designer? Just curious as I still don’t have a good storage system.
I did put in a link to Heather’s pattern. Thanks for that Sandy.
In the past, when I was mainly sewing with Civil War Reproduction fabrics, I stored fabrics by color. Now that I buy more complete designer collections I have started storing fabric by designer. So many designers are faithful to the same basic dye lot colors, so mixing and matching between lines is pretty easy. I’ve got bins of Fig Tree, Primitive Gatherings, 3 Sisters, Minick & Simpson, Lella Boutique, French General, Camille Roskelley,-all my favorites!
I remember very clearly when you were sewing with reproduction fabrics….not sure if it was civil war reproductions but definitely reproduction fabrics. I always disliked reproduction fabric until I started following your blog. You made me a lover of old colors. That’s how much you have influenced me.
Wow, amazing. I always thought of CW fabrics as playing with paints. Most of the designs are so saturated, more tone on tone. I really enjoyed those fabrics when they read as solids from a distance. Also, they worked well in my decor. Now I don’t care so much and am enjoying brighter colors.
I store my odds and ends of fabric by color or type (shot cotton, flannel, batik, etc). If I buy a line, I keep it together. If I buy fabric for a specific project it is together and labeled.
Thanks Nicole – I have always saved Kansas Troubles together for that reason. They were popular when I first learned to quilt and now I look at all I have and wonder what I was thinking! Most everything gets put together with no real plan.
I haven’t made a Kansas Troubles quilt in too long. I think it may be time for another one. The colors work so well in fall and winter.
All of those quilts are beautiful! I made a similar Trip Around the World quilt about 10 years ago (when I was only 3-4 years into my quilting journey) which I really enjoy. Your MoJo basket quilt is wonderful. That must have been one of Camille Roskelly’s first fabric collections. She seems to have switched to using mostly aquas, navys, reds/pinks and some soft greens. I haven’t seen one of her collections in that sort of “autumnal” colorway for quite a while.
I agree, I love it when she is allowed to branch out a bit with other colors. I think Moda has her locked into what sells best for them.
Your quilts are so bright & cheerful for Spring & life in general! Many of my favorites are in Carrie Nelson’s pattern books & Schnibbles from the year of parades. I could make those quilts over & over! I miss her in the quilt blog universe & hope she’s well & happy!
She is doing very well, from what I gather on her Instagram. She just celebrated 2 years of recovery after having a lung transplant. You can follow her on Instagram at @live.life.make.stuff
I really like the basket quilt. There are some quilt blocks I love to make over and over. Baskets, nine patch, jacob’s ladder, school house for example. . They are so appealing and versatile.
Thank you for sharing you quilts. It’s encouraging and inspiring to other people’s quilts – especially when they are done so well.
Thank you Linda, what a nice thing to say. I appreciate it.
Love the Shortline quilt and have also been wondering about Carrie Nelson these days. She was with Moda and then I heard she was ill. Good to get a little update on her. Really enjoyed her blog back in the day. Still need to make an American Jane quilt one of these days. Too many quilts to make and so little time!
I enjoy following her on Instagram to see what projects she is working on. It is nice to see what projects she is making for herself.
I’m so glad you put these all up, Nicole! I love them all, but the Scrappy Trip Around the World is the one that really has my heart! Using red as a constant in that is genius. But really, as I said, they all look amazing. So bright and fun. At my house, the last of the snow melted only four days ago, so spring is not here yet. But I know it’s coming!
Bonnie Hunter may still have the instructions for Scrappy Trip Around the World on her blog Quiltville. If not, you can reach out to her and ask.
I needed a quilt show today. Mojo is the only quilt I don’t remember? It’s wonderful. Thanks for cheering up my morning.
I made that one before we moved up here from Monterey I think. So, it’s been a while! I still love it so much though. It had been on the bottom of a big stack of quilts in my closet and I forgot about it for a few years. Time to get it down and back into circulation!
Concerning your scrappy trip around the world – below is a link to Bonnie Hunter’s Scrappy Trips pattern which is free on her website. It looks a lot like your version.
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html