Riley Blake Blog Tour- Buttermilk Basics

Hi, Everyone!  Today is my turn on the Riley Blake Designs Blog Tour for Buttermilk Basics by Stacy West.

Photo Credit: Riley Blake Designs

I was really excited to get this beautiful line and make something with it!!  I love the vintage-y rainbow of colors and every one of the cream/tan prints.

I decided on making a uneven nine patch quilt.  I made this up as I went but I'm including basic directions below so you can make one if you'd like.

I designed this simple quilt to shown off this pretty fabric!  Each block is 6" finished.  The quilt measures 58 1/2" x 70 1/2".

For this quilt top, I used: 
-1 fat quarter bundle of Buttermilk Basics by Stacy West (NOTE: I used every single inch of each of the cream prints so you may want to get a couple extra cream print fat quarters in case you don't cut the same way I did or in case of cutting mistakes)
-5/8 yard cream print for the border (I used Buttermilk Basics C9180-NAVY)
-5/8 yard binding (I used Buttermilk Basics C9183-YELLOW)

For the backing, I used:
4 1/2 yards Riley Blake Shades in Cream (SKU C200-02 CREAM)

For the batting, I used:
Warm 100 (you can see more on this batting HERE -it is one of my favorite battings)

I used my Janome Memory Craft 6700P to sew and quilt this quilt.  I quilted it with a free motion meandering feather.

To make one block, I did the following-

From the colored fabric, I cut-
     4- 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" squares
     1- 4" x 4" square

From the cream print, I cut-
     4- 1 3/4" x 4" pieces

Then I assembled it as shown below.  It measures 6 1/2" x 6 1/2", including the seam allowances.  I made 50 of them.

Then I cut 49- 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" squares from all of the cream prints in the line.  I alternated the pieced blocks and cream squares.

Then I cut 7- 2 1/2" x 42" pieces of the cream print border fabric and added the border to the quilt.  I quilted it and bound it with the binding fabric (I used 7- 2 1/2" strips made into continuous binding).

Here is a look at the whole quilt-

I absolutely love how this turned out!


Talk to you soon,


Jessica