Twilight Chic Week

Welcome to the final day of the Studio 180 Design Twilight Chic Week. There have been so many great projects from the Studio 180 Design Certified Instructors that featured Deb Tucker's Signature Collection "Twilight Chic" by Kathy Engle for Island Batik this week.  Today, we are finishing off the week with two more projects from my fellow Studio 180 Certified Instructor Karen Overton, The Quilt Rambler and myself.

Today, I would like to show off my newest pattern "Getaway." These lovely butterflies are taking a flight to “Getaway” from the busy world around us.  This quilt that measures 45” x 45” when complete features the Studio 180 Design Square Squared® 6”, Split Rects®, and Rapid Fire® Lemoyne Star tools.  

I originally designed this project especially for Island Batik Ambassador "Getaway" blog hop to that showcase the Twilight Chic fabric collection. You can read about the original quilt, HERE.   So, when I was asked to be part of this Studio 180 Design Twilight Chic Blog Hop, I thought it was a good time to write the "Getaway" pattern because I had so many requests for it. 

Additionally, I wanted to test it out with another color version using the rest of the Twilight Chic Collection I had leftover.

My original Getaway quilt used colors from half of the collection which are more the purples, blues, and tans in the quilt. The colors in this half of the Twilight Chic fabric collection are so vibrant and bold. 

The second quilt I made uses the other half of the collection, which features more of the golds, and greens of the Twilight Chic collection.

This version makes the purples and greens really pop out.   

I love making this pattern, it is so much fun and easy to put together.  The only hard part about making this quilt is choosing the fabrics and making sure the block orientation is going in the right direction.

I really can’t decide which quilt version I love the best. The fabric collection is perfect for both versions.  Which one is your favorite? 

If you are interested in purchasing "Getaway", it is currently set for release next Friday, February 15th.  Please sign up for my newsletter to receive notification of the pattern release and upcoming events going on with Quilting Affection Designs.

Make sure you sign up for the Giveaway, for a Twilight Chic Fat Quarter Bundle.  Just Click on the image below to enter.

Blog Hop Giveaway

Also, If you have missed any of the fabulous projects displayed this week you can catch up now:

Monday, February 4

• Gaggle of Geese Tuffet with Sharyn of The Tuffet Source, here on the Studio 180 Design Blog

Tuesday, February 5

• Jackie O'Brien, If These Threads Could Talk
• Gail Renna, Quilt Haven Threads

Wednesday, February 6

• Deb Tucker - Twilight Chic Projects

Thursday, February 7

• Jill Seitcheck, Binding Bound
• Bonny Peters, Cat Den Mountain Quilts

Friday, February 8

• Michelle Hiatt, Sew On The Go
• Debby Brown, Debby Brown Quilts

Saturday, February 9

• Karen Overton, the Quilt Rambler
• Tina Dillard, Quilting Affection Designs

Thank you for joining me for this exciting blog hop day. 

Tina

"Designing to Inspire

Studio 180 Design Corner Pop Tool!

This week’s Quilt Talk Tuesday continued getting you ready for the Rainbow Serenade QAL which starts September 11th. The focus was to give you a better understanding of the Studio 180 Design Corner Pop® Tool and to provide a sneak peek to one of the units, you will be making in the QAL. 

The Studio 180 Design Corner Pop® tool is an excellent tool for adding fabric corners to basic shapes and blocks successfully every time.  The tool was designed to give you perfect filled four corners with less waste.  You can apply this tool to any unit or block that you want to add color to, by just referring to the tool’s instruction cutting chart.  

Initially, you would use the folding corners method, where you would layer small squares on a big square, then you would have to mark each of the small squares and stitch them to the larger square. Then when finished, hope it lines up correctly so it doesn't come out crooked or the wrong size.  This was both wasteful of time and fabric.  

With the Corner Pop® tool, you will only have to trim rather than a mark by add an oversized replacement triangle and then square everything to a perfect size.  The tool has twenty-two different sizes options, which include whole, half and quarter inch increments.  

Find out more about the Corner Pop® Tool by watching this video from this weeks Quilt Talk Tuesday.





Rainbow Serenade QAL

The Quilt Along will Start September 11th and will run for about 4 months. I will be demonstrating each step of the process by making the units and blocks every Second and Fourth Tuesday at 2:30 pm EST, on my Facebook page. You can find the link to my Facebook page HERE. 

Not on Facebook, no problem, all the Facebook Lives are recorded, and I put them on my YouTube Channel so you can subscribe HERE so you don't miss an episode. Plus you can follow along with my blog post on Thursdays.

Also, over the next couple weeks on QTT, I will be preparing you for the QAL, with discussions on how to use the tools and other Tips. So you don’t want to miss a thing.

I hope you will join me on this Quilt Along. If you have any question about this Pattern or Quilt Along, please post in the comments section below.

See you next week,

Tina

Rainbow Serenade QAL Coming Soon!

Yesterday, I announced during my weekly Facebook Live Series "Quilt Talk Tuesday," that I will be hosting a Quilt Along starting September 11th.

The Quilt Along is based on my newest pattern "Rainbow Serenade."  The Rainbow Serenade Pattern may look complicated but is quite Simple to assemble. The pattern uses a combination of Half Square Triangles and Combinations units, then finishing off with a little Corner Pop to complete the easy units. This pattern was designed to use the Studio 180 Design Tucker Trimmer® 1 and the Corner Pop tools. When complete the quilt measures 60" x 60", which great for any room. 

The pattern and tools can be both purchased on my website.

You will have plenty of time to get your fabric together, the picture above is from the Timeless Treasures “Solid-ish” collection. This quilt is great for using the basic solid fabric collections. Unfortunately, I will not be kitting this pattern.

Quilt Along Details

The Quilt Along will Start September 11th and will run for about 4 months. I will be demonstrating each step of the process by making the units and blocks every Second and Fourth Tuesday at 2:30pm EST, on my Facebook page. You can find the link to my Facebook page HERE. 

Not on Facebook, no problem, all the Facebook Lives are recorded and I put them on my YouTube Channel so you can subscribe HERE so you don't miss an episode. Plus you can follow along with my blog post on Thursdays.

Also, over the next couple weeks on QTT, I will be preparing you for the QAL, with discussions on how to use the tools and other Tips. So you may not want to miss a thing.

I hope you will join me on this Quilt Along. If you have any question about this Pattern or Quilt Along, please post in the comments section below.

See you next week,

Tina