I spotted some modern, geometric quilts on Pinterest last year and after pinning a handful, decided to make one. I just finished up the last of the binding this past week and managed a few photos in the 35 minutes of the day when there’s actually sunlight. Ah, January…

For fabric, I used a mix of my own designs and remnants from other sewing projects. A handful of the blocks are Spoonflower test swatches (my designs Russian Alphabet, Zakopane and Penhallow Street). I’ve also used prints from my 2018 fabric collection Eloise’s Garden. Because I had some on hand, I used polar fleece in lieu of batting. It doesn’t have the same satisfying squish factor as batting, but in a pinch, worked. And since the idea of making mountains of bias binding had me losing the will to live, I opted to do a self-binding (here’s a tutorial). I quilted everything by hand with basic squares all over, some following the outlines of the blocks and others overlapping. I love hand quilting. It’s a slow, slow process, but if you add a binge-able podcast and cocoa to the mix, it’s delightful.

And I am looking forward to curling up with this quilt and a book at the soonest possible opportunity.

I started cutting out the pieces for this quilt right before my niece was born and just finished sewing the last seam this past summer. Said niece turns two next month. Oops. Better late than never?

I used prints from Eloise’s Garden for this, mostly pinks. The polka dot fabric I found years ago for free and had been holding onto for the right project. And the whole thing was hand quilted, because it’s a wonderfully slow process that allows me to binge boxsets without any accompanying guilt. Also, as a quilting neophyte, I can’t rave enough about the tutorials over on Suzy Quilts, especially her Reverse Sawtooth tips. I referenced her notes repeatedly and they’re terrific.

And said niece is enjoying the quilt, mostly because it lets her pretend to be the The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt.