Simple Quilt + Ruby Loops
Hello there,
I took a few days off from blogging, as I spent time with my family camping. We had so much fun together!! Summer is going by too quickly. School starts in a little over 2 weeks, and we have some fun things planned between now and then.
Maria made this beautiful simple patchwork quilt. 5” squares sewn together in a random layout.
She requested orange peels in the center section, which I love!! Then to tie in the fabrics I did freehand ribbon candy in the thin inner border and my swirly feather freehand in the outer border. I think it turned out beautifully!!
I used a golden tan thread, and my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline.
To get a perfect sized curve, I used my 6” Circle2™ ruler. I love these rulers!! The design of the ruler, makes it easy to rotate the rulers depending on the angle I’m quilting.
My Circle2™ machine quilting circle rulers come in a set of 6 rulers. They come in clear or green, 1/4” high quality acrylic and have a 3/4th of a circle design so that you can have 2 circles per ruler and for the ease of using the inside/outside of the ruler. The rulers range in size from 2”-13”. There are 1/4” lines on the ruler to help you measure as you quilt. I also designed these rulers to give you a true sized circle. The hopping foot adds a 1/4” on each side. So…when you use the 4” Circle2™ ruler to quilt a circle, you’ll get a 4” circle. I couldn’t find that with any other circle rulers. Check out the #circle2rulers hashtag on Instagram to see some beautiful quilting ideas, using these rulers. (Sorry it wouldn’t let me link it.)
- Design Patent D875,574 -
I love the measurements along the straight edges of the Circle2™ rulers. Sometimes I even use that straight side of the ruler to quilt in the ditch or quilt a quick little straight line.
It’s fun to quilt some more traditional designs again. These fabrics are gorgeous!!
The classic orange peel!! Simple yet exactly what this quilt needed.
It’s been fun for me to do a quick little feature of my quilting designs at the end of these blog posts…and this design is one of my favorites!! Ruby Loops is one of 4 variations of my Ruby designs. I can’t wait to have a client quilt to quilt it on. I’m starting to see the Ruby designs on some quilts quilted by other longarm quilters…I love them!! Such a fun quilty texture. Ruby Loops is 20% off until my next blog post, no code necessary.
Top left to bottom right… Ruby, Ruby Crosshatch, Ruby Loops, and Ruby Twist. They are all available in my shop. Would you be interested in a Ruby design bundle?
Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great Tuesday! Happy quilting.
• Leisha