Breanna’s Crystal Creek Quilt – The Blanket Assertion
Breanna, a past gifted longarmer, tech editor and sample tester, made this unbelievable Ruby Star Society model of the Crystal Creek Quilt! She saved observe of her ideas as she made the quilt, and I am excited to share her course of (and fairly photos) right here!
Handing it over to you, Breanna!
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Hello there, my title is Breanna Gaudaur and I’m an avid quilter, sample tester, tech editor and lengthy arm quilter primarily based in Ontario, Canada. I’ve been quilting since I used to be six years outdated, and it’s nonetheless one in all my favourite methods to spend time. Once I’m not quilting you’ll discover me busy at my day job or occurring adventures to get pictures of quilts within the wild.
I had two objectives when it got here to picking material for my model of Crystal Creek: I needed to make use of plenty of enjoyable shiny prints, and I needed to stay with material I already had on my shelf. I ended up pulling what felt like half of my fats quarter assortment off my shelf and labored by a number of material pulls that had been ‘shut’ however not fairly proper. Finally I settled on this assortment of Ruby Star Society Fundamentals together with prints from Starry, Add it Up, Speckled and Gap Punch.
I additionally had simply sufficient Black Speckled material left over from one other undertaking to make use of because the background.
As soon as I had my material, the quilt high got here collectively like a dream. (Please inform me I’m not the one one who actually enjoys trimming HRT’s!)
Trimming apart, the size of the items means they arrive collectively rapidly, and it was so rewarding to see how all of the materials appeared collectively within the accomplished blocks.
Typically I do not know how I’m going to quilt a quilt till it’s loaded on the body and ready for a call. However with this Crystal Creek quilt I knew straight away that I needed to make use of a new-to-me pantograph referred to as Lantern Lights. I really like how the form of the quilting design mimics the quilt blocks whereas including motion and dimension. I went with a lightweight blue thread so it will pop in opposition to the darkish background whereas mixing in with a few of the brighter colors. I needed to cease and take an image in the course of taking the quilt off the body as a result of I used to be too enthusiastic about the way it all got here collectively.
I made a decision to make use of leftovers to create a scrappy binding as a result of I really like utilizing material effectively. I knew my scraps had been all about 21 inches lengthy, so I doubled the variety of binding strips listed within the reducing directions, and added an additional strip or two to permit for the additional seam allowances. (So as a substitute of seven WOF strips I lower sixteen 21 inch strips.) When stitching my strips collectively I attempted to group them by color to create motion across the fringe of the quilt.
From there it was some fast hand binding (my favorite a part of the entire course of!) after which off to get some pictures of my Crystal Creek within the wild!
The Particulars
Quilt Prime Cloth:
Ruby Star Society Add It Up: Wine Time, Polar, & Chambray
Ruby Star Society Starry: Plum, Papaya, Citron, Pistachio & Turquoise
Ruby Star Society Gap Punch: Honey
Ruby Star Society Speckled: Sorbet, Pale Pink, Cayenne, Daylight, Polar, & Black
Backing: Ruby Star Society Speckled Wideback in Berry
Pantograph: Lantern Lights Edge-to-Edge by Christy Dillon
Pieced and Quilted by: Breanna Gaudaur of Rose Ivy Quilts
