Confetti Cotton Solids + Skipper Quilt

Find the Skipper pattern in my pattern shop

I've been sewing with a lot of solids lately and I've sure had fun trying out some new-to-me color combos.  It's good to get outside of your comfort zone every once in a while, right?

For this re-make of my Skipper pattern, I chose 10 different colors of Confetti Cotton Solids from Riley Blake Designs.  I was going for kind of an end-of-Summer-but-not-yet-Fall look to the group.  How'd I do?

I love the richness of the fuchsia, purples, and Jade color - but the yellow helps keep things on the more "summery" side of things, and brightens up the whole group.

Here's the full list of colors used:

Denim, Jade, Purple Mountain Majesty, Fuchsia, Raspberry, Grass, Clover, Beehive, Purple, and Iron.  The sashing is Light Gray, and the binding is Denim.

The Confetti Cotton Solids are some of my most favorite solids to work with - they have a nice hand to them.  They're soft, and drape nicely without being thin.  They press well and have a nice, crisp crease without needing steam.

The pattern I used is called Skipper.  I released this one two years ago and I've wanted to do an all-solids version ever since!  I can't believe it's taken me this long to get around to it.  Sheesh!

Skipper is a fun pattern, and it's a fat quarter friendly quilt (my favorite).  The blocks look more complicated than they actually are - I promise!

You can find PDF copies of Skipper here, and paper copies here.

For the backing on this quilt I chose a Swiss Dot in Gray from Riley Blake Designs - it coordinates without competing for attention.  

And for the quilting I did a loop design called Wish Bone.  I wanted an all-over design that would add a little texture (since there's none in the fabrics themselves) and something with some curves to it to soften all of those angles in the blocks.  Wish Bone was perfect!

If you make a Skipper quilt, I'd love to see it!  Tag me on Instagram (@abrightcorner) and be sure to use #skipperquiltpattern and #abrightcorner so we can all see what you've created!

Quilt Details:
58" x 72"
Pattern:  Skipper (throw size)
Fabric: Confetti Cotton Solids (Riley Blake Designs)
colors: Denim, Iron, Jade, Purple, Beehive, Raspberry, Grass, Clover, Purple Mountain Majesty, Fuchsia, Light Gray (sashing)
Quilting: Wish Bone (edge to edge computerized design)
Backing: Swiss Dot in Gray (Riley Blake Designs)

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Rainy Day Sewing + Sidewalk Quilt

Today I get to share with you a my latest finished quilt, and a beautiful new book by Amy Sinibaldi and Kristyne Czepuryk called Rainy Day Sewing.

Rainy Day Sewing is the sweetest book, filled with pretty photos and inspiring projects. I had a hard time deciding which one to make first!  (You can find Rainy Day Sewing here on Amazon.)

After some deliberating, I decided to make this sweet baby quilt to give to a friend of mine who just had a little boy.

The quilt is called Sidewalk Quilt and I chose to use some of the oh-so-soft Moda Woven fabrics.  Most of these are from the Bonnie & Camille wovens, but there's a couple of Picnic Basket wovens mixed in as well.  And they are seriously SO SO soft - perfect for a baby quilt!

The pattern calls for charm squares, but I used yardage instead - use what ya' got, right?

I wanted the background fabric to have some character. So instead of a plain solid fabric, I used one of the Bonnie & Camille Wovens because it has a subtle print, but also some really nice texture.  (If you click on the photo you'll be able to see more detail.)

This little quilt measures 48" x 48" and is perfect for newborn snuggles.

You can find Rainy Day Sewing here on Amazon, or here on The Fat Quarter Shop.

Want to see more projects from the book?  Hop on over to Instagram and follow these quilters to see what they make!

Quilt Details:
48" x 48"
Pattern: Sidewalk Quilt from the book Rainy Day Sewing
Fabric: Moda Wovens (mostly Bonnie & Camille Wovens)
Quilting: Asterisk (edge to edge computerized design)
Backing: Moda Bella Solid Ruby Ice (color 9900-169)

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