Kristan's Esther's Bloomers Quilt
Hi Friends,
Oh, do I have a gorgeous quilt to share with you today!!! This beautiful quilt was made by Kristan, and it is the Esther’s Bloomers pattern by Kim Diehl which Kristan did as a block of the month with Fat Quarter Shop. Amazing huh?!?!?! The fabrics are Esther’s Shirting’s and are designed by Kim as well.
Kristan requested custom quilting and 8020 cotton poly blend batting. The rest was up to me. It’s so fun to turn on the quilting machine, pull out my rulers and start quilting. I actually used five of my different Circle2 rulers™, the 2”, 3”, 4”, 6”, and 8” circle for the variety of different curves throughout this quilt. My Circle2™ rulers are available in 12 different sizes, with two sizes per ruler. Which means every set comes with 6 rulers. My Circle2™ rulers are made in America from 1/4” high quality acrylic. For more information on them, check out this blog post. There is a picture at the bottom of this post of my 2”/8” ruler. Notice the 2” on the inside and the 8” on the outside. I also offer them in either green or clear. The green are great on lighter fabrics, which helps me see the lines better. However, the clear are just as great!
I quilted all of the lines with Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple. My favorite straight rulers!! It’s fun to use rulers and create a variety of different textures, with only a simple line or curve.
Look at all of those amazing borders!! Kristan did a beautiful job!!
I used cream Omni thread from Superior Thread, on the entire quilt!!
And, just because I can…here are some more pictures. I love adding freehand pebbles in the midst of all of the straight lines and angles.
I love the orange peel petals in the darker flying geese, which I did with the 3” Circle2™ ruler, and then the double lines on each side in the lighter flying geese. It’s great to have that mix of scale and texture.
Can you see how great the cream thread blends so great on all of the different fabrics? I prefer lighter threads on darker fabrics, than darker threads on lighter fabrics. I personally think it helps tie the quilt together is a whole.
All the quilting textures on the borders, compliment the large center block nicely.
Below is the green 2”/8” ruler that I mentioned above. The rulers are 2.5” wide to make it easier to handle as you’re quilting.
Below is all 6 of the clear Circle2™ stacked up ready to ship out.
- Design Patent D875,574 -
I know that I didn’t go into detail about where I used each Circle2 ruler, because unless you were quilting this same quilt the same way, it’s not going to matter. I did use the 3” and 4” Circle2™ rulers, for most of the curves throughout the quilt. Those are my go to sizes!! When I know that I’m going to quilt a curve, I hold a couple of the rulers up to the block and see which one fits the best, to give me the desired look I’m going for.
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope the quilt and quilting has inspired you!! If you’d like to have me quilt for you, please check out my Longarm Quilting Services page and send me an email at quiltingit@gmail.com Take care…Leisha