New Version of Snow In June

I completely forgot about this version of Snow In June and we rediscovered it last week so I decided to quilt it up.

I found it somewhat ironic that this is how it looked outside on the day I was quilting this version of Snow In June (from my book Seamingly Scrappy). It was snow in late March, but not truly snow in June. Luckily it did stop and warm up just enough that I was able to wear a cute Easter dress yesterday, granted I also had on boots and a sweater and a coat, but it wasn't snowing!

 My Mom actually made this version and had this pattern in the works as I was trying to finalize the last few patterns to "make the cut" for the book. We talked about it and looked it over and I figured out how to get this pattern out of precuts and my version (the one in the book) was in the works shortly afterwards too.

 This version was made with the Curio line by Basic Grey for Moda (gotta love anything from Basic Grey!) We found the top the other day and I tried a new quilting design on this one. I blended a couple of my latest favorite designs and I really like how it turned out.

I actually quilted this with a lime green thread, but it blends in so well with the fabrics, it doesn't overpower the quilt at all! I'm working on stitching the binding down now and I'm sure you'll be seeing more of this quilt in the coming months.

Book Quilt: Snow In June

So one of the main themes you'll find in the book are quilts that have very traditional roots with a new millennium flair. (Does that sound super dorky since we're well beyond the Y2K thing?)

Copyrighted Image Provided by Martingale, Brent Kane, Photographer

Well, Snow In June combines a snowball block and a nine-patch block in a way that looks nothing like the antique quilts many of us are used to seeing.

This quilt is fairly large and super easy to make. For my version I chose a Layer Cake of Flora by Lauren + Jessi Jung for Moda. The colors mixed so well and I love that pop of red throughout the quilt.

This quilt looks super scrappy, right? That's all thanks to the precuts! They're so great for those "grab-n-go" moments where you just want to go straight home and sew. Or if you're like me, you can just grab one off of the shelf in your sewing room. They seem to multiply sitting there!

I would love to know what fabrics you'd make this quilt out of. The name for this quilt came from the snowball blocks and the floral prints (get it, Snow In June). If I were to make this quilt again, I may try to make it in... I honestly don't know at the moment, but forgive me, I haven't had coffee yet...

Stay tuned for more quilts from the book, a scarf tutorial and more squirrel pictures! It's going to be a busy few weeks coming up, I think I need coffee now, toodles!