By The Sea baby quilt

Summertime... who really wants it to be over?

Who had the best summer this year? Who fell in love this summer? Better yet... who gave birth this summer?

Memories, smells and colors always remind me of summer — and somehow all of those feelings ended up inside this quilt.

Maybe I’m exaggerating. But honestly, this quilt feels exactly like summer to me.

Only half square triangles, warm colors, and curved quilting to soften all those strict diagonal lines.

Quilt Process

Machine pieced, quilted and hand-bound by me.

Quilt dimensions: 43” x 49” (109 x 125 cm).

Quilt pattern: I used the Tree Everlasting quilt block combined with inspiration from another beautiful quilt I found online. In the tutorial link you can also find detailed instructions for this block.

Materials Used

All materials are 100% cotton.

Quilt front: Fat quarters from Tailor Made by Cosmo Cricket (Andover Fabrics), Botany by Lauren and Jessi Jung (Moda Fabrics), a beautiful Japanese remnant fabric, a few cat-themed fat quarters from Julie Paschkis (In The Beginning Fabrics), and yellow and white solid cotton fabrics.

Backing: A combination of solid yellow, white and brown cotton fabrics together with one of my favorite polka dot fabrics. I completely improvised the backing — and honestly, I think it turned out great.

Binding: Petrol polka dot premium cotton.

Batting: 100% cotton.

Date made: September 2016 – 24.8.2017

This quilt was my very first Free Motion Quilting project!!! Whaaat?!

Yes — I finally gathered enough courage to try it.

I was heavily inspired by Emily Dennis from Quilty Love. She has a wonderful tutorial explaining how to quilt scallops, and it was incredibly helpful.

So I gave scallops a try — and honestly? They are surprisingly forgiving and fun.

I’m already using the same quilting design on my next quilt.

Thank you for reading, have a wonderful weekend, and don’t forget to stop by my Instagram account @zarkadia to see what I’m currently working on — or simply come say hi once in a while.

Linking to: Finished or Not Friday , Main Crush Monday , Let’s Bee Social , Crazy Mom Quilts , Confessions of a Fabric Addict