Denise’s Pollinate Quilt
Hello Friends, I hope your summer is off to a great start!! Mine has been great. A few days ago my niece was born…and I still need to share with you her baby quilt that my mom and I made. I’ve also been running a lot, which I’m grateful to be able to do again. I’ve challenged myself to run 100 miles in 3 months, in order to be more consistent. I was doing great with less than a 1/4th to go when I got a little injury from playing volleyball with friends. I’m hoping another week off, I’ll be ready to start back up. I’ve also been golfing with some friends a few times, which has been fun! I’m loving the warm weather and sunshine. You’ll have to comment below and tell me what you love to do during your summer months.
I’ve been talking with some quilty friends about life/work balance. It’s so important for me to have balance. To take care of me, and fill my life with a variety of different things. It fills my bucket. Which in turn helps me enjoy my job even more.
For instance…check out this amazing Pollinate quilt that Denise made!!! Yes, it was pieced with the english paper piecing method. Which means, it was pieced by hand. I’ve been working on a EPP quilt too, so I definitely appreciate all the work that went into this incredible quilt.
This amazing pattern is called Pollinate by Kitty Wilkin from Night Quilter. I loved the variety of fabrics Denise used!
Here are a couple of close up pics of the quilting when the quilt was still on the machine.
Another progress pic.
I love all the pops of color!! You may be surprised, but I used a Natural White Omni thread from Superior Threads on the entire quilt, and my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah. The thread blends beautifully!
When I first saw this quilt, and she told me she wanted it quilted custom, I was so excited but unsure how I was going to quilt it. I found a couple pictures of one that my friend Teresa from Quilting is My Bliss quilted, and that gave me some great inspiration.
Because there are so many similar shapes, I couldn’t quilt everything the same. It was fun adding swirls with a hook to the center flower, and also my loopy diamonds to the very center star. I actually added the loopy diamonds to the 5 pointed stars throughout the quilt, as you can see below. That became my favorite design to quilt on this quilt. I quilt them freehand. I also love all the simple lines quilted throughout the quilt, like the lines in the star below.
I used my favorite Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple to quilt all the lines.
I love the texture that multiple lines give to a quilt. Simple beautiful texture!
When quilting a quilt like this, I like to stitch in the ditch ever so slightly to get to the next block or in this case the next epp piece, which is a huge time saver and I save a lot more thread that way as well.
Check out this incredible backing fabric. Perfect for this quilt!!
Such a fun quilt to quilt!!
Along with the Edge rulers, I also used my 4” Circle2 machine quilting circle ruler to quilt the bee body. My Circle2 rulers come in a set of 6, and the range in size from 2”-13”. They are made in America with 1/4” high quality acrylic, and come in green and clear.
What is your favorite part of this quilt? Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you have a delightful weekend. • Leisha