When the Limited Edition Tilda Collection Painting Flowers arrived a couple of weeks ago it was love at first sight and I immediately treated myself to a bundle for some bank holiday sewing.
I used the Painting Flowers quilt pattern from the Tilda website but rather than use the fabric requirements per the pattern I decided to use a full fat quarter bundle and see how far I got with that rather than using the exact fabrics specified in the pattern.
The pattern was really simple to follow and very quick to cut and sew together. Based on a 12 fat quarter bundle I made 25 rectangular blocks and laid them out in a 5 x 5 format. Each block is made up of 4 fabrics and measured 21cm x 29xm (8″x11.5″) when sewn in.
To give you the stats my finished quilt measured 109cm x 146cm (43″ x 57.5″ inch) which is the perfect size for one person. It also meant that the quilt back was within the 112cm (44 inch) width of a piece of fabric so no pesky sewing together of backing fabrics, I just needed 110cm x 150cm for the back!
For the binding I used Tilda Kitchen Stripe in Blue (half a metre) and for the backing I used the Tilda Mini Gingham in Red (1.5 metre). I used my favourite Warm & White Quilt Wadding and kept the quilting very simple using straight line quilting on either side of the block seams.
Its such a lovely quilt and goes very well in my garden, just what I need for those cooler summer evenings spent outside with a BBQ and a glass of wine!
I have enough fabric left to make some scrappy patchwork cushions so that is next up on the to do list. I will share those as soon as they are finished!
As always happy sewing!
PS. We have managed to get extra bolts of the most popular Painting Flowers fabrics but we only have about 8 full bundles left. So if you fancy making your own quilt don’t leave it too much longer!
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