Fall Gingham Quilt

10/1/2020

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

7 Comments

Judy Allen

11/19/2020 05:32:30 pm

I love your gingham fall quilt, the colors and the diagonal crosshatch. I'm curious to know how you quilted it. I'm wanting to do a queen size gingham quilt and would love to have it quilted like yours but I don't know where I'd begin. Thank you for your help.

Tineke

11/20/2020 06:48:07 am

Thank you Judy, I’m glad you like it!
Quilting a large size quilt on your home sewing machine can be a daunting task, but it is not impossible.
I would suggest the following:
1. Mark the quilting lines (cross-hatch) on the top of your quilt. I like to use a water soluble fabric marker or a Clover Hera marker.
2. Layer the quilt “sandwich” (top, batting and backing) on the floor or large table and pin curved safety pins through all three layers. Look at the pictures in the post and you’ll see what I’m talking about. This is a really important step and if you do it well it will save you a lot of frustration later on when quilting. Some people prefer using a basting spray. I prefer the safety pins.
3. I like to adjust the stitch length to a slightly bigger stitch.
4. I would suggest using a walking foot.
5. For larger size quilts I like to start in the middle and quilt towards the edges of the quilt. Start in the center of the quilt (on a marked line) and sew towards one corner. Come back to the center and stitch the next parallel line. Complete all the lines in one direction. Then do the opposite side and after that the cross-hatch lines in the same manner. Remove the safety pins while quilting. For a very large quilt, it helps to roll up opposite sides so that it will fit through the sewing machine’s throat space.
I hope this makes sense! Like with a lot of things in life, you get better and better with practice. Have fun quilting!

Laurel

5/11/2021 06:39:16 pm

How much fabric?????? Is the pattern written down, can it be purchased?

Tineke link

5/11/2021 07:11:53 pm

Hi Laurel, I'm afraid the pattern is not written down, that is something I will have to work on in future. Only the quilt itself is available for purchase.

Claire

3/17/2024 09:26:52 am

This is the quilt I've been looking for! What size squares did you use?

3/18/2024 07:50:30 am

It is a fun quilt to make, Claire. If I remember correctly the squares were 4 x 4 inch squares, but anything between 4 and 5 inch squares should work.

Mary

9/11/2024 07:06:56 am

Very pretty. I like.

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