Valentine’s Day-Impressed TBS Quilts – The Blanket Assertion
Valentine’s Day is a kind of “holidays” that’s humorous to me. I like love and can all the time take alternatives to point out appreciation for my husband and the entire fantastic people in my life. However I’ve by no means reserved that affection for one particular day, so Valentine’s Day has by no means really held that a lot that means for me personally.
That doesn’t imply we’ve by no means celebrated it, although! Take pleasure in some cute photographs of Chris and I once we had been simply infants in love! This was our first Valentine’s Day collectively approach again in 2006.
I additionally know that there are some individuals who would relatively do ANYTHING apart from take part within the day. My sister, for instance, hilariously renamed Valentine’s Day to “Puke Day” once we had been children and it simply form of caught for our household!
With this in thoughts, I needed to make quilt mockups that might appease each teams! Whether or not you’re keen on crimson, pink, hearts and Cupid or vibe extra with the anti-Valentine’s Day crowd, hopefully there’s one thing right here that can catch your eye!
I personally suppose the mockups that basically lean into the Valentine’s Day theme would additionally work effectively for child quilts or for any lover of pink in your life. The anti-Valentine’s mockups might cross as Halloween quilts and even create the proper quilt for a Wednesday Addams fan – who I additionally think about would use the time period “Puke Day”!
With all of that being stated, these colors really can work all yr spherical! There are not any guidelines right here.
Beneath is the palette I used for the Valentine’s Day mockups:
I did my finest to search out the closest matches with the next Kona Cotton colors:
And that is the palette I used for the anti-Valentine’s Day mockups:
I did my finest to search out the closest matches with the next Kona Cotton colors:
Be at liberty to customise the colors and materials as you want on your personal quilt, however hopefully these lists provide you with an excellent begin!
Right here’s a better have a look at all of them:
Trying again at previous quilts I’ve made, a few of them undoubtedly might cross as Valentine’s Day quilts! You’ll most likely discover that after I use “pink”, I really lean extra into peach tones relatively than true pinks. Right here’s a number of of them:
Pink Pine Falls Quilt
This practice pink Pine Falls child quilt was one of many first orders I ever had!
I feel pink quilts are excellent for any gender, however the couple I made this for was actually excited to have a pink quilt for his or her soon-to-be-born child woman. After a number of ultrasounds confirming the infant was a lady, the couple had an enormous shock when the infant was born a boy!
I made a decision to present it to my husband’s coworker, who was additionally anticipating a child woman. AND GUESS WHAT? Their child got here out a boy, too! What are the possibilities?!
Pink Churchill Quilt
I made this pink Churchill Quilt utilizing materials from the Dwelling assortment by Sarah Golden for Andover Materials. I used Ditsy Butterscotch and Ditsy Rose for the half sq. triangles. The background is Rose Grid Dot from the identical assortment, and the backing is Luna and Laurel’s Completely Imperfect.
Purple Mini Churchill Quilt
Earlier than Churchill was an official sample, I made this tiny sq. model for Curated Quilts journal! The submission required a particular color palette, so I had enjoyable including in some strips of color to the half sq. triangles. Listed below are the Kona Cotton colors I used:
Pink Steep Rock Quilt
I made this practice Steep Rock child quilt for shut pals of ours utilizing reclaimed cotton in peaches and pink. Across the time after I made this quilt, I had additionally simply launched The Blanket Assertion. This was really the primary completed quilt I shared on my Instagram after formally launching!
Birds Hill Cowl Quilt
I joined the 2019 Pantone Quilt Problem placed on by Rebecca from Bryan Home Quilts, which concerned making a quilt utilizing shades as shut as potential to the Pantone shade for that yr referred to as “Dwelling Coral”. The design I selected was impressed by varied graphic design posters that my husband Chris and I had been wanting by way of. We had been coming throughout so many fascinating shapes and patterns with easy block shapes, so I made a decision to make a quilt design utilizing the identical sort of affect! I knew proper from the start of the design part that I needed this to develop into my subsequent quilt sample. So, I used this peach quilt as the duvet model of the Birds Hill Sample! Listed below are the Kona Cotton colors I used:
Floral Grand Seashore Quilt
I made this Grand Seashore child quilt utilizing the newly launched (on the time) Lindley Garden from Ruby Star Society! Here is the total listing of materials I used for this one:
Purple & Peach Boreal Forest Quilt
This Boreal Forest child quilt was made with one among my most-used color combos. The Kona Cotton colors I used had been:
The background is Snow and the backing is Over the Rainbow – Flowers by Ampersand Design Studio!
I additionally suppose it has the same vibe to the winter mockup, however with somewhat extra saturation!
Dwelling Road Cowl Quilt
This Dwelling Road cowl quilt was made as an autumn quilt, however it might probably undoubtedly cross as a Valentine’s Day quilt, too! Particularly should you swapped out the Ochre for an additional fairly pink color. The Kona Cotton colors I used had been:
The backing is Moxie Floral in Neon Pink from the Primavera assortment by Rifle Paper. I’ve had this material for some time and couldn’t discover the proper quilt for it…till this one!
Star Lake AGF Child Quilt
I made this Star Lake child quilt in Artwork Gallery Materials Pure Solids! It’s a barely out-of-the-box color palette for me, however actually not too far! I like the beautiful and delicate look of those muted tones. Listed below are AGF Pure Solids I used:
The backing is Her & Historical past’s Ida’s Pressed Flowers from Artwork Gallery Materials. I used Blushing for the binding and hand quilted it utilizing 28wt Aurifil Thread in Muslin (2311).
South Cross Quilt
And for good measure, I needed to embody yet one more for the anti-Valentine’s of us on the market! That is one among my variations of the South Cross Quilt, which is releasing on February twentieth! The Kona Cotton colors I used are:
If you happen to make your individual Valentine’s Day and/or anti-Valentine’s Day quilt utilizing a TBS sample, don’t neglect to make use of the #blanketstatementpatterns hashtag. You simply would possibly get featured on my social media and/or publication!
Have questions on any of those patterns? Please attain out to howdy@theblanketstatement.ca and we’ll aid you out!
