This one is going to be a comfort quilt, most likely destined for the Windsor Sexual Assault Centre. I give them one or two quilts each year.
I purposely did not look at any photos of Kitty Karma as I didn't want to replicate it exactly. I did a stack and shuffle technique when cutting the three pieces needed for the blocks, and did very little reorganizing other than being sure to 'land' a print on a solid. Like Kitty Karma, this one has 100% wool batting. I had an approximate 17" x 72" strip left over from other projects, so cut it in half and added another 2" leftover strip.
I did a fat meander, one of my go-to favourites to quilt, using the same lovely cotton thread from Connecting Threads as on Kitty Karma.
The backing is a metre cut I picked up a few years ago on sale. Annoyingly, past-Sandra had cut out an approximate 6" double layer square from the lower edge. Happily, present-Sandra was able to piece in that corner with the strip I'd cut off along one selvage. The quilt is 36" square, so I didn't need the 43" width. Love that it's another piece of fabric all gone!
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| A fun print, ideal for either gender |
One of the purples I had pulled for Kitty Karma's binding became this quilt's binding. It's an oldie, bought maybe 15 years ago? I've used a bit of it, but there was still about ½ yard so four strips later, and what's left is in my small chunks scrap box!
I reported in my Kitty Karma post that I only have four layer cakes left now, but to my dismay (lol) I discovered another short stack of 15 from Connecting Threads, this one Hazel by Allison Harris. Yes, the same fabric I used to make the original Lyra quilt! The stack was sitting with leftover Hazel fabric, totally forgot I had done that, so I guess I will be making another layer cake design. Time to look through Pam and Nicky Lintott's books, two of which I own, to get some inspiration. Do you have a favourite one for 10" squares? Tell me in the comments! In the meantime I will be piecing the Minky for Dayna's quilt and loading it to quilt this weekend!
Quilt Stats:
Size: 36" square
Fabric: a 15-piece layer cake of Tula Pink Eden, basics and blenders by Connecting Threads
Batting: Hobbs 100% wool
Backing: City Scenes by Jane Dixon for Andover Fabrics; Binding is Haiku by Kent Avery
Quilted: on Avril, 16 962 stitches
Threads: pieced on my 1947 Featherweight with Exquisite polyester; quilted with Essential 100% cotton; Fufu rayon in the bobbin.
Both Kitty Karma and Eden are lovely quilts...simple yet effective designs. And it's great that you can make them without having to introduce a whole lot of background/contrasting fabrics. I guess two layer cakes would make a more 'standard' sized quilt, but I do appreciate this 'handy little size' that the one layer cake creates. I'll be interested to see what design ideas you come up with for your other layer cakes!!
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