Things have been going a 100 miles (or kilometres) a minute around here lately. The joys of September. Even though there's not a lot of time for quilting, I'm happy to say that the start-itis I've been suffering from these last few months is officially over with this project -- must be a
TGIFF! miracle.
Of course, it always helps when you have a deadline. This deadline? The
AGF Stitched with Kimberly Welded Blog Hop hosted by the
Fat Quarter Shop and sponsored by
Art Gallery Fabrics.
The Fat Quarter Shop provided the
free Welded Quilt pattern and a
great video tutorial and Art Gallery Fabrics provided the fabric love. The Fat Quarter Shop also has a
Welded Quilt featuring Pat Bravo's Artisan line and a
backing set available.
For my version of the quilt, I wanted to play with navies and greys so I picked out fabrics from Katarina Roccella's Imprint, Indelible (Spirodraft Carbon), and Recollection line (Cuneiform Script Cast), as well as a few prints from the
Art Gallery Studio Maker line. Mmmm!
I modified the Welded pattern a bit and replaced some of the blocks with background fabric, making the negative space more prominent and giving some asymmetry to the fun on-point block design of the quilt. I'm so happy with how it turned out!
For the quilting, I used a light grey Aurifil and echoed the sewing lines. Simple, but effective and I love the extension of the lines in the negative space.
For the backing, I took the leftover greys and paired them with the I'm a Maker print (sooo love that fabric!).
I find the navies and greys make Welded look like links in a chain so I'm calling it Welded Links.
Here's Welded Links enjoying some sun by the Rideau Canal. ;)
Finished size: 60" by 60".
There are a whole slew of fabulous bloggers participating in this hop so be sure to check out what they've done with the pattern.
You can also check out
#Weldedquilt and
#AGFStitched on Instagram (and Twitter) for more inspiration.
I'm also linking up to
TGIFF!, which is over at
Simply Pieced this week, because it's been a long time since I've had a finish to celebrate. :)
