Flight Path Quilt

It's good to be back! Unwittingly, I took a two month hiatus from the blog. It's seems with travel, visitors and some weather too rainy for photos this Summer, my quilt production has slowed down. But of course, I'm still sewing a bit every day :)

This quilt has taken me a while to complete. I've gone through ups and downs with it in terms of fabric and quilting. The pattern is "Flight Path" by Alison Glass. I've had the pattern for some time, loved the cover version, but really wanted to try and do something different with it.

As much as I loved the bright colors in the original quilt, I wanted to see how the pattern would look with a completely different look. Flipping through a West Elm catalogue, I felt inspired by the neutral, minimalist, mid-century style. I decided to go with blues, grays, navy and a pop of gold for added spark. I looked for modern geometric prints and used prints from Carolyn Friedlander and the Aligned Collection from Art Gallery Fabrics. It took a couple tries {and fabric purchases} to get the background shades right, but I persevered.

After some time with my seam ripper, I finally had the top completed and I have to admit I didn't love it. I also had no ideas on how to quilt it. I showed some friends one day and they noticed how unusual a color palette it was for me especially with the bright gold and said I just needed to finish it! We brainstormed some quilting ideas and I was determined to carry on!

I ended up quilting one of my favorite, go-to designs, organic straight lines. If you're not familiar with them, it's a super easy design to quilt with a walking foot. You just quilt edge to edge and don't try to keep the lines perfectly straight. 

And now I love it!

For a backing, I used Kaufman's Carolina Gingham. I've used this line for backing in the past and I love that it's fairly inexpensive and results in a really soft drape for the quilt. The binding is the dark navy and frames the quilt nicely {another texting consultation with some friends!}

Do you ever go through stages of liking, not liking and liking a quilt? Sometimes we just need to power through! Hope to be back soon with a couple other Summer finishes!

My quilt has feet!