Moonrise Quilt with Art Gallery Fabrics

A couple weeks ago, Mathew Boudreaux (aka Mister Domestic) posted a shout out on Instagram looking for volunteers to make something for his Quilt Market booth. Mathew's first fabric line, Loved to Pieces for Art Gallery Fabrics, is debuting at Market this week. Based on when he expected to get yardage of his fabric, the makers would have just one week to make their projects. As you know, I can make anything in a week! So I volunteered to make my Moonrise quilt, a new pattern that's debuting in the Island Batik booth.

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I was super excited to be one of several makers chosen! Mathew sent me the fabric for the quilt in exchange for being able to use the quilt to promote his new fabrics. I was honored to be able to have a second version of my Moonrise quilt at Market too! (Pattern available on Etsy.)

However, shipping isn't always the fastest. Based on when Mathew was able to ship the fabric and when I would have to ship the finished quilt, I would only have three days to make it! I checked the tracking on the fabric multiple times a day and knew exactly when it would be arriving at my local post office. I decided to attempt to pick it up directly at the post office Friday morning when it arrived instead of waiting for my mailman to deliver it. Thankfully, I know my mailman well, and he wasn't too surprised to see me waiting for him at the post office before 8am! He was able to locate the package and let me have it - an hour before the post office opened and three hours before he normally delivers to our house!

I allowed myself just a bit of time to take pictures of the fabric before I started cutting. Every second would count in this race to the finish!

In the few days leading up to the fabric delivery, I prepped as much as I could ahead of time. This included finishing up a couple WIPs, organizing my sewing area, refreshing myself on every step of the pattern, and sourcing Aurifil thread to match. I had picked Art Gallery solids in Nocturnal and Denim Blue to coordinate with the Loved to Pieces fabrics, but I only had computer images and the limited selection of Aurifil at my local-ish quilt shop. In fact, it was my husband who picked up the thread for me! The 50wt Light Wedgewood #2725 ended up being a great match for the Denim Blue solid! However, the 50wt Dark Navy #2784 was just a tad more blue than the Nocturnal solid. But with no time for substitutions, it was going to work great!

The diamonds in the pattern are made using raw edge applique. In preparation of that step, I pressed all the print fabrics Mathew sent me onto Lite Steam-A-Seam 2. I've started to use this fusible exclusively. When doing lots of stitching on the fabric that's been fused, it does gum up on my needle just a bit. I'm able to pick off the gummy part with my fingers and keep going without any issues. But this negative isn't enough for me to be deterred from using it. There are several things I really like about it - it's sticky and repositionable until pressed, it creates a permanent bond once pressed, and multiple layers aren't as stiff as alternate brands.

On the first day, I got all the fabrics cut and prepped and even got all of the diamonds appliqued.

I decided the most efficient method for quilting would be to quilt through the quilt sandwich at the same time I added the bias tape circles. So on the second day, I assembled the quilt top and pin basted it with Warm & Natural batting.

I finished prepping the bias tape circles this day too.

My walking foot worked perfectly for adding the circles! The process is more time consuming than I typically have patience for, but the end result is definitely worth it! (You can get a peek at the backing fabric in this photo - AGF solid Appletini.)

I machine stitched the binding on and finished clipping all the loose threads at 10:30pm Sunday night. Plenty of time to spare! (Including losing at bobbin chicken just 4" from the end!)

I woke up Monday morning to get a few pictures before packing it up in a box to ship it back to Mathew! (And then I decided to make a second quilt before the 3pm mailing deadline!)

Moonrise is my 11th quilt pattern that will be available both digitally and in print (printed patterns should arrive next week!) You can get the pattern on Etsy. (The cover quilt is made with Island Batik fabrics. You can read about that quilt here!)

The description on the pattern is: "Moonrise is a dramatic quilt perfect for highlighting focal prints and fussy cutting fabrics. Raw edge applique and bias tape circles give this quilt a unique look that is sure to impress! This intermediate level pattern includes directions for five sizes from crib to king."

I can't wait to watch all the Market pictures on Instagram to see if I can spy my Moonrise quilt! The quilt on the pattern cover will be in the Island Batik booth, and this one will be in Mathew's AGF booth!

Linking up with Main Crush Monday at Cooking Up Quilts, Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt, Linky Tuesday at Freemotion by the River, Needle & Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation, Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts, Wednesday Wait Loss at The Inquiring Quilter, Midweek Makers at Quilt Fabrication, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Finished or Not Friday at Busy Hands Quilts, TGIFF at Anja Quilts, Friday Foto Fun at Powered by Quilting, and Finish It Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.

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