Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Plaidish Quilt

I cut out this quilt before going on a week-long quilt retreat. It takes lots of fabrics sorted into light, medium, and dark to make the plaid pattern come through. Though I used many scraps, I was challenged to find enough different darks in my stash to cut all the needed pieces. I pieced the top while on retreat.

Now it's finished!

I quilted a simple design using an arc ruler to quilt diagonally across,  in both directions, followed by vertical and horizontal serpentine stitching with a walking foot.

The quilt back is a P&B Textiles colorweave 108" wide back in the color sky. 


This Bismarck palm in our front yard has become my new favorite place to photograph finished quilts. Those branches are unbelievably tough, and cupped on the upper side so binder clips hold the quilt in place. I only had to use a step stool to be able to reach this limb! Plaidish is 65" X 83".

You can find the free Plaidish pattern here.

I'm pretty sure this will be my last 2019 finished quilt. It's number 17-  six small quilts; five medium quilts; and six large quilts. I will not make this many quilts in 2020! Linda

23 comments:

  1. Wow! Great scrappy, I love it! Moving it up on the list of someday quilts.

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  2. Looks great Linda. As you say, you really need to have all the values in the right places to make this design work. Your version looks wonderful!

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  3. Wow, you did an awesome job!!! It definitely looks plaid!!! Placement of each piece is critical and you just nailed it!

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  4. My favourite"Plaidish" has to be yours Linda! This is a beauty indeed! And I think this pattern needs to go to the top of on my list for 2020!

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  5. This is just gorgeous Linda! You've done that pattern proud. I thought (briefly) about adding that pattern to the 2020 to-do list. We'll need to see if energy levels can keep up with the wishlist.

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  6. I love this quilt!!!
    Well done with this end of year record.

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  7. I love it . . . It's so pretty and cheerful. Great job!

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  8. Thats a beautiful quilt Linda. I really like it.

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  9. Great job! Colors work well together.

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  10. Yours is very attractive. I like your fabrics and your quilting.

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  11. Love this quilt and yours is awesome. Thanks for sharing. It is definitely on my bucket list.

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  12. Very happy quilt....... I have had the thought for 2020 to make 20 quilts - not bed size quilts but ......... will check back next year to let you know what really happened. Might you be interested in 2020?

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  13. I just love your scrappy Plaidish quilt. I would have a hard time finding enough darks too. Early plans last month had me making a Christmas version in reds and greens and I even cut a few pieces as I cut for the other Christmas quilts I made. Then reality set in and time ran out. I'd still really like to make one in 2020. Maybe a more scrappy one rather than the holiday version. Or maybe both!

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  14. Lovely version! I really like your quilting plan.

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  15. Wow, that’s a big accomplishment with so many quilts. I have admired this pattern for awhile, and really like your version. It must be a satisfying way to work with values.

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  16. Absolutely love your bright scrappy Plaidish quilt. Thanks for sharing the pattern link. Enjoy the holiday season.

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  17. What an awesome quilt! I love it!

    Michelle
    http://mybijoulifeonline.com

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  18. Wonderful use of color!! I am mostly sure I would have a difficult time placing the values correctly to come up with this effect. You really did fantastic work with this quilt Linda!

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  19. I just downloaded the quilt pattern. One question: Block A is 10.5" and Block B and C are 8.5? And yet the directions say to sew a row with Block A and C that are 10.5 inches? Am I missing something here? BY the way just love your finished quilt its beautiful. thanks

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  20. Hello Unknown. I'm sure you won't see this reply to you, and I can't reply to you directly because you didn't include your email address (your Google profile is set to "no-reply"), but please know I didn't write this pattern. Please contact Erica at KitchenTableQuilting with any questions you have about the instructions. I'm sorry I can't help you. And I'm really sorry you won't read this response... "no-reply commenters" never come back to the post to see that I've answered them. :-(

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  21. I did see your reply. cmcphee852@aol.com. I’m just asking how you can see a row of blocks together that are different sizes?

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