Stitch It and Gift It blog hop – Harvest Berry

Welcome to my stop on the Stitch it and Gift it blog hop hosted by Carla of Creatin in the Sticks. That’s what quilters do – we make quilts and gift it or donate it. I love Carla’s blog hops, and earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting her in person in Houston.

Sometime in May of this year I won a bundle of 10 fat quarters of Harvest Berry by Benartex fabrics. This was part of the Autumn in the Air blog hop. Lisa of Color My World sent me this lovely fabric in autumn colors, and of course, lots of pumpkins. See Lisa’s table runner tutorial using these fabrics here. I wanted to use up this bundle before fall is officially over – which is Thanksgiving, right?

A past president of my guild, the Houston Modern Quilt Guild, donated a substantial portion of her stash to the guild as she was relocating overseas. I picked up the bright orange flowers and the orange and white zigzag fabric there. In addition, I found some off-white/cream prints from my stash to make a total of 20 fat quarters.

I was looking for patterns and ideas for fat quarters that would work with large scale prints. I really didn’t want to cut up the pumpkin prints to small pieces. I found a free pattern called Fat quarter cubes at the Fat Quarter Shop. Here’s the video.

I modified the pattern a bit to remove the sashing and make the “cubes” a bit bigger so it uses more of the FQ. See picture above showing the FQ cube block.

This quilt has a mix of all kinds of fabric. Those with large scale prints and small prints. And that orange zigzag? I think it sticks out and adds a bit of attitude to this quilt. The binding is going to be the orange zigzag. I had to take a picture before sunset and the binding has to happen another day. As I make more quilts, I’ve become more confident in combining widely different prints and colors. When there are enough of them, I think they always look good together.

I pieced the back using all the leftover strips from the fat quarters, two one yard cuts of the orange solid and wide strip of pink leftover from the backing of another quilt.

I quilted uneven spaced straight lines like I’ve been doing for the last several quilts. I still love the look of straight line quilting and I haven’t got bored of it yet 🙂

So that was the Stitch It part. What about the Gift It part? This quilt will go to my guild’s charity quilt program. We make several quilts every year and donate it to two organizations. Angela House is a rehabilitation program for formerly incarcerated women, and KatyCares is a shelter for homeless women with families.  Based on their needs, this quilt will go to one of them. There has been a lot of giving in the quilt. Benartex and Lisa giving away the harvest berry fat quarters (to me) and Stephanie giving away all her stash to the guild members.

Don’t forget to visit the other stops in this blog hop and see what everyone is up to.

Stitch It and Gift It Blog Hop Schedule

Monday, November 11th

Just Let Me Quilt
Selina Quilts
Homespun Hannah’s Blog
QuiltFabrication
Domestic Felicity
VroomansQuilts
Karrin’s Crazy World
Storied Quilts

Tuesday, November 12th

Life in the Scrapatch
Alycia Quilts
Kaholly
Words & Stitches
Quilt’n Party
Patchwork Breeze
desertskyquilts

Wednesday, November 13th

MooseStashQuilting
Pampered Pettit
Mary Mack Made Mine
The Quilted Snail Days
Filled With Joy
Melva Loves Scraps
Limeleaves

Thursday, November 14th

Beaquilter
RidgeTopQuilts
Cynthia’s Creating Ark
Songbird Designs
Farm Quilter
Kathy’s Kwilts and More
Bumbleberry Stitches
Quilt Schmilt

Friday, November 15th

Quilted Delights
Seams To Be Sew
Ms P Designs USA
Just Because Quilts
Inquiring Quilter
Susie’s World
Creatin’ in the Sticks

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45 thoughts on “Stitch It and Gift It blog hop – Harvest Berry

  1. Carla

    It was so fun to meet up with you in Houston. We must do that again!
    I really love this quilt both front and back. The trickles of giving from start to finish make this quilt the perfect for this hop. Thanks for sharing the organizations too. Great inspiration!

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  2. Nancy Lewis

    Thank you for having such a generous heart. Someone is going to feel very special when they receive this gift.

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  3. Carol S.

    I love the warm look of this quilt in those colors and the back is almost as beautiful as the front. It will definitely put a smile on the receiver’s face! Thank you for sharing this beauty!

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  4. rl2b2017

    Hi Vasudha! What a nice quilt this is and I am certainly that the final recipient will just love wrapping up in it. With all the giving that went into getting to its final form, there is a lot a love stored inside it. ~smile~ Roseanne Thanks in advance for linking up?! I’m guessing but hopefully for tomorrow!

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  5. Pat

    Wonderful use of the gifted fat quarters. I sewed the Fat Quarter Cubes pattern and love what you have done with it. It will be a lovely gift for the recipient, Thank you for sharing… 🙂 Pat

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  6. joan

    Now this is truly a gift that keeps on giving. I love the fact that a guild person donated their stash to those who would put it to good use, and you stepped up and did just that. Passing along a quilt to someone else is starting that chain of goodness. That’s what the holidays are all about.

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  7. inquiringquilter

    Beautiful quilt that I’m sure will be well loved! I am loving straight line quilting myself. Used it to create and finish a quilt in two days just recently. I’m thinking more straight line quilting is in my future. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  8. Denny K

    Very nice quilt. With so much diversity in the fabrics, you have really put it together in a way that is so interesting and visually appealing. Thank you for sharing your talents.

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  9. Dixie McAdam

    Great modified scrappy quilt, love using scraps, they make such interesting projects! Thanks for sharing your creativity & talents.

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  10. Brandy

    Such a beautiful Fall quilt! I have also noticed that the more scrappy one is in a colorway, the better a quilt can look. I just find I have to make sure the colors don’t get too muddy. The orange zigzag is great for contrast! Thanks for sharing!

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