The last month or so I’ve been playing around with smaller quilts. Since it’s summer and we’re more outdoors and I don’t always have time for a big quilt project, smaller quilts like wall hangings, table runners and mini quilts are the ideal size project to sew (and finish)!
 
The Crown quilt is a delightful wall hanging which would make every little girl feel like a princess when she sees this quilt on her bedroom wall.

For the crown design I made my own “fabric” by piecing a lot of pink fabric scraps together. A fun process where I mixed and matched cotton fabrics from my scrap bin. Doing that can be a little time consuming, but the end result is usually worth it and a wonderful surprise!!

After I finished piecing all the fabrics, I cut out the crown design to appliqué onto the background fabric.

For the background of the quilt, I used a supersized Drunkard’s Path quilt block. Certainly an interesting name for a quilt block. The most obvious explanation would be that when you use multiple of these curved blocks in a quilt, they resemble the stumbling walk of a drunkard. For more history on the block and it’s name take a look here.
 
I used Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton in Pfd Bleached White for the circle behind the crown and for the surrounding area Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton in Carnation. After I pieced the background together, I added the crown. I appliquéd it onto the white circle with a zigzag stitch, using a variegated pink thread.

Then I layered the quilt, using the crown top, 100% cotton batting and the same Carnation fabric for the back of the quilt. After that I quilted vertical straight lines an inch apart.

For the binding I continued the crown’s scrappy theme and made one long binding by piecing fabric scraps together. What an easy way to use up fabric scraps! 

I added a hanging sleeve to the back of the quilt for easy wall hanging.

This wall hanging will be the perfect addition to any little princess’ room.

Dimensions: 28x28 inches
 

When I started this Snowflake quilted wall hanging it was snowing and as I am writing this, there is snow in the forecast again. It is still very much winter here in Missouri and everyone is really looking forward to warmer temperatures. That being said, I love the thought of how each individual snowflake is different - almost like fingerprints! How cool is it that God creates each one differently.

This is my version of a snowflake. I wanted to keep it simple and keep the focus more so on the design than on the fabric. I used Robert Kaufman’s Kona solid Cadet for the snowflake itself and Kona Snow (what else?) for the background.

I divided the design into four quarters and pieced one quarter at a time.

For the backing fabric I used True Blue by Brigitte Heitland from Zen Chic for Moda. I quilted intersecting curves all over the quilt. I finished it by using the same backing fabric for the binding.