Skein and Hook

Today I'm back in the Moda Bake Shop with the tutorial for my  Festive Quilt ! As soon as we caught glimpses of Vintage Holiday last year, I started dreaming up quilt patterns using it. I came up with this design.  I love how the Ohio Stars twinkle!  I designed the border to look like little Christmas tree! But guess what?! This quilt design also looks amazing as a non-holiday quilt too!  Make sure you scroll all the way down to the bottom of my Moda Bake Shop post to see it mocked up in Painted Garden by Crystal Manning!  I'm making that version soon ;) Head on over to  Moda Bake Shop  to get the free tutorial!  Remember, I'd love to see your versions of Festive! Tag me on Instagram  @skeinandhook  and tag your project as #festivequilt or send me an email!  Enjoy the pattern!

This past July, I participated in a quilt-a-long hosted on Instagram by  @heritage.threads and @kairleoaks .  We made a Holiday Patchwork Forest Quilt.  The pattern is by Diary of a Quilter .  I used the Cotton + Steel bundle sold by Stitch Supply Co . This was the first time I participated in a quilt-a-long and I really enjoyed it.  I typically don't tend to keep up with "a-longs" of any kinds.  I start with a lot of gusto and fizzle out after a few weeks or days.  But, this pattern by Diary of a Quilter kept my interest.  I think its the improv part of it... it makes it so fun and enjoyable to do each block.  Also, these prints by Cotton+ Steel were so beautiful to work with.  I really, really enjoyed them.  So much so that I'd like to make another one in the future. I love how you make the blocks in pairs. Making this quilt went so fast.  Before I knew it, I had a quilt top! I had this quil...