The Victoria Seaside Quilt – The Blanket Assertion

I’ve been ready for this present day, and it’s lastly right here! I’m delighted to introduce you to the Victoria Seaside Quilt. This block-based HST sample is ideal for some easy-breezy summer season stitching! 

You could find the PDF sample right here and the paper sample right here!

Let me let you know all about this quilt design and the way it got here to be. 

As a result of I title my quilt patterns after locations in Manitoba, I usually get requests from locals. Typically it is the city the place they grew up, someplace they spent their summers and even only a humorous sounding title – as a result of sure, we’ve got a few of these right here!

With that being stated, Victoria Seaside needs to be one of many prime most requested names! It’s located simply 30 km (18 miles) north of Grand Seaside (one other TBS sample) alongside the shores of Lake Winnipeg. 

You could discover some comparable vibes between the Grand Seaside and Victoria Seaside patterns – as a result of who does not LOVE quilt sample BFFs?! I do know I do! But additionally as a result of… that was intentional! 

I used the Grand Seaside block as my place to begin with the design. The Grand Seaside quilt is full of daring shapes and artistic use of transparency, but in addition lots of detrimental area. I knew that I wished Victoria Seaside to be the alternative – extra maximalist than minimalist to create a pleasant steadiness between the 2 designs. 

Second, I designed Grand Seaside to really feel like waves, sailboats and sand dunes. For Victoria Seaside, I wished to take that very same essence by utilizing comparable shapes, however focus extra on the neighborhood and cottage nation that Victoria Seaside is thought for. 

In the event you look carefully, chances are you’ll discover that the block is made up of 4 “house-like shapes” set in a pinwheel like design – this provides a feeling of move. 

The blocks are staggered from one column to the subsequent to assist add to the motion of the quilt – maybe you get the sense of a heat summer season breeze? Like I stated in the beginning, this quilt is easy-breezy! See the Victoria Seaside quilts actually blowing within the breeze right here!

Each patterns can be found within the store individually, in addition to a set of two with a particular bundle worth!

The Victoria Seaside Quilt sample is ideal when you’re on the lookout for a fast stitching undertaking for the summer season! Or if you’re simply beginning to dip your toes into the fantastic world of quilting, this sample is for you! 

As typical, I wished to make sure there have been plenty of choices! This sample doesn’t disappoint in that space. It is available in SIX completely different sizes: 

• Child – 36” x 36” 
• Throw – 54” x 72”
• Giant Throw – 72” x 72” 
• Twin – 72” x 90”
• Queen – 90” x 90” 
• King – 108” x 108” 

And it contains directions to make two distinctive color format variations – multi-colour and five-colour! 

Listed here are the material necessities: 

Final month was ALL in regards to the Emerson Crossbody quilted bag… however I nonetheless managed to seek out tiny pockets of time to take a seat down at my stitching machine and make these Victoria Seaside quilts! Learn: early mornings, late nights and five- minute intervals between different work! 

Right here they’re: 

Victoria Seaside Cowl Quilt

I knew I wanted to make the quilt quilt with these colors as a result of they’re my absolute favorite mixture proper now! I additionally used it on the primary Emerson Crossbody bag I made, which I clearly saved for myself!

This color combo has a retro 90s/Patagonia/outdoorsy put on vibe, which I’m all about – and at all times have been!  

Additionally! Within the conventional RYB color mannequin, inexperienced, purple and peachy-orange are all secondary colors. This enables them to supply wonderful distinction to one another, whereas additionally balancing one another by representing the whole color wheel – in the identical manner that purple, yellow and blue do. Color principle is a lot enjoyable for me! 

Listed here are the Kona Cotton colors I used: 

I selected Warp & Weft’s Moonglow in Palazzo Wolf because the backing and Kona Cotton in Thistle for the binding.

I gave this quilt essentially the most particular remedy by getting it longarmed by the FABULOUS Sylvia of Honeybee Quilt Studio utilizing the Fashionable Curves panto. Doesn’t this panto 100% appear to be the ripples within the sand from the waves?! 

I additionally couldn’t consider how completely completely my new water bottle matched this quilt. Sylvia beneficial this water bottle in a distinct color in her e-newsletter…I used to be shopping the opposite colors and located this one. What alternative did I’ve?! I LOVE IT.

Victoria Seaside 5-Color

This five-colour model is a nod to previous quilts the place I used certainly one of my favorite traditional colourways – all greens! 

You’ll see that I used very comparable colors for variations of the Grand Seaside, Star Lake, Pine Falls, Birch Level, Driving Mountain and Birds Hill quilts.

Listed here are the Kona Cotton colors I used: 

I selected Ruby Star Society’s Speckled in White Gold because the backing and Kona Cotton in Spruce for the binding. 

I did straight line machine quilting for a pinstripe really feel utilizing 50wt Aurifil Thread in Muslin. The strains are spaced 1.5” after which 0.5” alternating, which is similar fashion of quilting I did on the Grand Seaside Quilt! 

Victoria Seaside Warp & Weft 

For this one, I selected materials from Warp & Weft’s Honey Assortment by Alexia Marcelle Abegg for Ruby Star Society. 

Let’s be trustworthy, I feel most of us can agree that it’s onerous to go flawed with any assortment of Warp & Weft! Whether or not or not it’s the color mixtures, prints or simply how extremely comfortable it’s… it’s a simple win! 

The infant measurement Victoria Seaside may be made with Fats Quarters, which was an ideal manner to make use of the FQ bundle I had not too long ago bought! See me stitching in motion right here. 

I selected Starry in Neon Pink by Alexia Marcelle Abegg for Ruby Star Society as each the backing and the binding. 

I knew I wished so as to add one thing additional particular to this quilt and hand quilting is nearly at all times the reply! I used 28wt Aurifil Thread in Muslin and easily adopted the entire shapes which are created with this design a ¼” from the seams. This helps intensify the general design. 

Beneath are a number of the mockups I made whereas designing the sample, however they didn’t fairly make it to the slicing desk!