Thimbleberries Jacob's Ladder has been my choice for A Year of Lovely Finishes 3 times this year... so I am so thrilled to have finally finished this UFO!
This quilt is from the book "More Nickel Quilts" by Pat Speth and is made using Thimbleberries 5" charms. It measures 60" square and will be going up on a wall in our family room ASAP. Jacob's Ladder is one of my favorite quilt patterns and it seems to fit the traditional Thimbleberries fabrics so well.
In yesterday's post I shared my quilting plan with detailed pictures and I'm really happy with how it worked out. I used sage green Connecting Threads Essential thread to do the borders and the lines through the dark fabrics (cream Aurifil was used everywhere else). The backing is muslin.
My favorite thing about this quilt is the contrast between all of the pretty charms and the background fabric. I'm such a fan of diagonal layouts like this one.
Can you spot the snowflakes on the quilt? Big beautiful flakes started falling as I was taking my pictures... winter is definitely in the air here in Northern Minnesota.
One last picture!
This is my 6th UFO Finish for October and I'm especially proud of these quilts because I took extra time deciding on a quilting plan for each one. It feels great to be gaining confidence in my ability to use my walking foot to finish my own quilts!
1.
Mod Art, 2.
Scrappy Snowball, 3.
Pandora's Box in Teal, 4.
Patriotic 9 Patch, 5.
Bright Hopes, 6.
Thimbleberries Jacob's Ladder
I'm linking up to
A Year of Lovely Finishes@Sew Bittersweet Designs,
TGIFF/OctoberQuest 2@Quilter in the Closet and
Nothing But UFOs@A Passion for Applique.
My favorite thing about this is the use of the background as the "ladder" center blocks. That white diagonal catches the eye and also makes the other colors pop. High five!!
ReplyDeleteYOu go girl! Congrats on all your finishes. Well done!
ReplyDeleteYou have some lovely finishes for the month of October . Keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming.
ReplyDeleteThis one is beautiful! The Thimbleberries fabric sure shines in it.
ReplyDeleteAnother lovely quilt. Congrats on all the finishes.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive.....and they're all beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love traditional quilts and this one is real eye-candy for me! That deep green inner border sets it off so well with the dark floral and rose binding. What a lovely finish and I'm so glad that you're keeping this one!
ReplyDeleteI've been a Thimbleberries Club member for years so I have a lot of scraps. Thanks for the inspiration to get out those scraps and use them! All of your finishes are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteGreat job with so many finishes this month.
ReplyDeleteYou really rocked this month with finishes! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt and I,too, love using Connecting Threads Essentials thread for quilting and regular stitching. It's great thread. Congrats on all your finishes!
ReplyDeleteStunning quilt! Really nice work, and congratulations on finishing off so many UFOs.
ReplyDeletelovely finishes. congrats on a job well done
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