Party in the BACK!

Shout it from the rooftops! My friend, Kelly of My Quilt Infatuation, has a new book that just released this week!! And this time, it's all about the BACK of the quilt!

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Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs is Kelly's third book, and I have had the absolute honor of making quilts from all of them! (See the other two HERE and HERE!) This one is a bit different though, as it focuses on what you can do on the BACK of a quilt! There are THIRTY different patterns for backs in the book, and honestly, all of them could also be used as a quilt front! Which is exactly what I decided to do!

I had a stack of rectangles leftover from making a Hydra quilt (see that quilt HERE!), and the Coin Strip back in the book called for the EXACT size of rectangles that I had!! It was meant to be!

I cut off all the selvages, then pieced the rectangles together. I found a purple glitter fabric - actually a Kona Sheen fabric - in my stash and decided to use that for the background fabric. The fabric is so sparkly!

This whole quilt top took me about 15 minutes to piece!!

I loaded some mermaid backing fabric onto my longarm using my SewTites Magnum magnets, then added a leftover piece of 80/20 batting that was just the right size, and quilted it using a lavender thread. I did an all-over meander because it's fast!

Hot pink binding seemed like a great choice for this fun quilt! (Tutorial for machine sewing binding HERE!) 

The finished quilt turned out great! I made the quilt just about one yard in size, so it's about 36" x 42" - a great baby sized quilt!

The back was a one-yard cut of a border print from the Mystical Mermaids collection from Benartex. It was such a fun way to use up a busy print! 

I remembered to sew in one of my quilt labels into the binding too! This is my 465th quilt finish of all time!

The texture and sparkle of this one is so good!

This whole quilt took me just a couple hours from start to finish, and I love that what Kelly intended to be a quilt back is actually wonderful for a quilt front too!

Here is my quilt with the one from the book! I would definitely make this one again!

Kelly's book has another AMAZING bonus! In addition to the THIRTY patterns for quilt backs in the book, you can download an additional EIGHTEEN patterns that you can use for the quilt fronts too!! That's like 48 patterns in ONE book!! Such an amazing value! You can get the book signed in Kelly's shop HERE or on Amazon!

Several bloggers have joined together to all make a quilt back from the book. Be sure to hop to the others' blogs to see what they made!

Sandra at mmm...quilts

Rose at Something Rosemade

Diann at Little Penguin Quilts

Laura at Slice of Pi Quilts <--- That's me!

Jayne at Twiggy and Opal

Anja at Anja Quilts

Nancy at Grace and Peace Quilting

Vasudha at Storied Quilts

Kris at Sew Sunshine

Leanne at Devoted Quilter

Rebecca at Rebecca Grace Quilting

Preeti at Sew Preeti Quilts

Susan at Quilt Fabrication

Kate at Katie Mae Quilts

Sarah at Sarah Goer Quilts

Linda at Flourishing Palms

Anne-Marie at Stories From the Sewing Room

Michelle at From Bolt to Beauty 

Gail at Quilting Gail

Kat at Scrapbox Quilts

Julie at Julie's Quilts and Costumes

Jan at The Colorful Fabriholic