Scrappy Trip With New Beginnings
Welcome!
Question. What quilts do you have on your bucket list? I’ve had a scrappy trip on my make list for years! The tiny blocks in combination with the eye appealing movement of the lines and blocks really draw you in while keeping the design traditional and timeless. And guess what, it looks pretty challenging but it’s rather easy because of the strip piece construction. Yay!
Today I’m going to share about my scrappy trip quilt and where you can find the free tutorial. So, let’s dive in!
Fabric
When Riley Blake released the New Beginnings collection by Sandy Gervais I instantly knew what project I was going to turn it into. The small scale florals and geometric designs screamed for a quilt with smaller blocks. The soft muted color palate is great for a spring project, new baby or a everyday.
For the body of this project I used every print in the New Beginnings collection, background was New Beginnings Sweet Peas Cream and binding was New Beginnings Tile Apricot.
As for backing I’ve got a pretty good hunch it’s mammoth flannel by Robert Kauffman but there wasn’t an official tag so it’s only an educated guess. In Southern California we have a discount fabric store called M & L fabric. Flat fold fabric is deeply discounted because it’s remnant or discontinued/out of print. As I was surfing the flannel aisle looking to fill my emergency backing cabinet I located this one off flannel that caught my eye. Turns out it may be mammoth flannel and I’m deeply appreciative because it was $4.98/yard. Score!
Pattern // Tutorial
The original creator of the scrappy trip quilt tutorial is Bonnie Hunter and you can locate her instructions {HERE}.
I’ve also located a few more helpful instructors below:
Construction Tips
My completed quilt measures 64×80 and is a 4×6 grid layout. Each block measures 16 inches.
Some helpful constructions are:
Remember to construct half of your blocks going up in design, and the other half going down in design.
Use a variety of prints with various saturations to keep the visual appeal high. You don’t want a single block with all deep saturated colors and vice versa. Mix it up.
Alternate blocks A (up design) & B (down design) when doing your layout, spinning blocks to get the proper layout
Nest seams and follow pressing instructions. I followed the Woodberry Way method during construction. I also pressed my seams open after each block was sewn to another block and after rows were attached to additional rows with no issues.
Note: I completed the checkerboard construction but there are 3 total designs you can complete with the scrappy trip quilt construction.
Longarm Quilting
Longarm quilting was done in house by Alexis of Stitched By Alexis. For this quilt, we applied the Cartwheels pantograph by Julie Hirt in a linen thread by Glide.
If you’re interested in having us longarm quilt your projects, be sure to use the link to book your service {HERE}.
Thank You
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-Alexis