Fall Gingham Quilt

A lot of people say that fall (or autumn) is their favorite season. And what’s not to love about fall? Cooler temperatures, leaves changing colors, wearing your favorite sweatshirt and decorating in warm fall colors.
 
Here in the midwest of the US most days are beautiful days with crisp mornings and lazy, warm afternoons just right for apple picking, a picnic, visiting a pumpkin patch or snuggling under a quilt with a good book.
 
Speaking of quilts, I’ve been eyeing gingham quilts for a while now and decided to use pretty fall colors for this popular plaid quilt design. This is an easy quilt to assemble and definitely beginner-friendly. The only thing you have to keep in mind (as always with quilting) is to be precise in your measurements. You want your seams to line up at all the corners of the squares.

For the top of the quilt I used Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton Mango (orange), Peach (light orange) and Snow (white). To assemble the quilt, I had two basic rows: row 1 alternated the Mango and Peach squares and Row 2 alternated Peach and Snow squares. I alternated rows 1 and 2 until I had the desired size for the quilt. 

I wanted a floral fabric for the backing and decided to use August Wren’s Moody Birds from the fabric collection Falling For You for Dear Stella. This pretty multi colored fabric combines flowers and birds in shades of red, orange, yellow, brown and even some pink.

I decided on a diagonal cross-hatch quilting motif for the quilt to keep it simple. Usually I’ll use quilting thread that matches the lightest color in the top fabric. This time however I used an orange thread that matched the Mango fabric.

For the binding I used a simple black and white striped fabric from Timeless Treasures. This gave the quilt a fresh, modern look.

Dimensions:  approximately 50 inches x 57inches (127cm x 145cm) - throw size