Positively Emerald Quilt

I’ve long been meaning to make some beautiful quilts for snuggling up on the sofa. For the longest time we’ve had two Ikea fleece blankets for this purpose, and they’ve served us well, but they’re not exactly aesthetically pleasing. I saw a beautiful quilt on Pinterest which I took inspiration from for the layout of the blocks, and to a certain extent the colours / shades I used.

I drew out my design and then spent a good while looking at which specific colours would work best. I always think of my quilt colours in terms of lightness/intensity of hue, so they are numbered as such in my quilt design. I settled on Kona cotton solids in these shades:

1 white

2 summer pear

3 honeydew

4 pesto

5 fern

6 navy

Speaking of colour, one of the only things that bothers me in this quilt is that my number 2 and 3 shades are very VERY similar. One of the pitfalls of choosing colours from a computer screen!

Here you can kind of see the difference between the two shades. And some wobbly quilting lines!

I am so so happy with how the quilt turned out. I really love it, and it's so snuggly. The backing is an old bedsheet. The binding is the summer pear shade. The wadding is the aforementioned Ikea fleece blanket -  a major glow-up! For the quilting I stitched in the ditch as is my preference. I used a varigated thread which adds a nice touch on the back.

I do need to finish my other quilt before the cold snap is over!! I'm sure I've got time before the weather warms up again!