Winter-Impressed TBS Quilts – The Blanket Assertion
I reside in Winnipeg, Manitoba and winter is COLD chilly. I’m speaking minus 40°C some days – which can also be minus 40°F, by the way in which! We additionally get a mean of 4 toes of snow yearly. There’s a cause town is jokingly (however not jokingly) nicknamed “Winterpeg”!
This Star Lake photoshoot offers a extremely good glimpse into what winter is like for us right here…together with real-life struggles of taking footage of quilts in knee-high snow!
However with winter comes so many stunning issues as effectively! Glowing snow on the bottom, hoar frost on the timber, frozen ice to skate on. It’s not all dangerous!
Which is why I made a decision to create some winter-inspired mockups for all of my current patterns!
I like how these mockups are cool and icy, however calm and serene on the identical time. Even although I actually leaned right into a winter wonderland theme, these colors may also work all 12 months spherical…particularly when you’re a giant fan of the color blue!
Under is the winter palette I used whereas creating the mockups:
I usually like to make use of Kona Cotton due to their enormous color vary, however Artwork Gallery Materials’ Pure Solids had the proper muted tones for this palette!
I did my finest to search out the closest matches with the next 25 AGF Pure Solids colors:
Be happy to customise the colors and materials as you would like on your personal quilt, however hopefully this checklist offers you a very good begin!
Right here’s a better have a look at all of them:
I additionally thought it could be enjoyable to check out a few of my previous quilts which have a winter-y really feel!
Cross Lake Cowl Quilt
I launched the Cross Lake Quilt sample in March 2019 with two totally different choices – one with 4 colors and one with six colors. I made a six-colour child quilt for the duvet quilt utilizing totally different shades of blue and gray!
The Kona Cotton colors I used had been:
I’m so in love with the backing cloth, which is Candy Goals from Sleep Tight Animals (in gray). So cute, proper?
Using Mountain Pillow
Using Mountain was my first sample to incorporate a pillow dimension! I made two pillows utilizing Add It Up by Alexia Marcelle Abegg for Ruby Star Society – considered one of my favorite designers!
For this blue pillow, I used Blue Slate, Navy, Bone and Khaki. The backing is Wandering With Bear from The Open Highway Assortment by Bonnie Christine.
When you make your personal winter quilt utilizing a TBS sample, don’t overlook to make use of the #blanketstatementpatterns hashtag. I’d like to see what you give you and also you simply may get featured on my social media and/or e-newsletter!
Have questions on any of those patterns? Please attain out to howdy@theblanketstatement.ca and we’ll assist you to out!
