I have been a member of the Craft Industry Alliance since 2017 - just after starting my business. The membership has been so valuable to me, and I continually am impressed with their contributions to the crafts industry.
Earlier this year, Abby Glassenberg, one of the founders of Craft Industry Alliance, asked if I could make a logo quilt for their H+H Americas booth after seeing the logo quilt I had made a few years ago for my own business (see that one HERE!). Of course I agreed!!
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Just as I had started when making my own logo quilt, I uploaded a high resolution image of the logo into the Spoonflower website, then ordered it on one yard of Petal Signature Cotton fabric. The process is quite simple, and the fabric arrives pretty quickly!
To begin the quilted banner, I layered a light colored backing fabric and bleached 80/20 cotton batting. I wanted to use a bleached batting so that it wouldn't dull the white of the top fabric. I really considered a wool batting as it doesn't hold wrinkles like cotton batting, but it was just a tad too yellow for the stark white fabric.
Then I used a disappearing ink pen (aka air erasable pen) and ruler to mark some straight diagonal lines so I would hopefully be able to quilt straight lines across the quilt.
Using Aurifil 50wt in Aluminum and my walking foot, I began stitching diagonal lines through the layers of the quilt. The lines were spaced just about 1/2" apart.
After finishing the lines in all one direction, I seriously considered stopping. I mean, the texture was good, and that would have been half the work! But I've been here before. I *know* that adding the diagonal lines in the other direction do really make for a wonderful finish, so I kept going.
This is about when my spool of thread decided to run out! If only I would have stopped before going the other direction! Ha! I ran to my local quilt shop, and they had the same exact color I was using! Crisis averted!
The victory lap was a great time to add a pop of color for the binding. I like adding a bright color for the binding. It's like the frame of a painting. I opted for a dark turquoise solid fabric from my stash and machine sewed it on (tutorial HERE).
My own logo quilt label was the perfect subtle way to sign the quilt. It's a whisper of who made it, but this one is really meant to show off who's on the front.
The finished quilt is just about the size of one yard of fabric - about 34" x 40".
The quilting gave it a great texture, but it wasn't too distracting to draw your attention away from the logo.
And that pop of dark turquoise around the edge frames it out nicely.
After I finished the quilt, I shipped it off to Chicago to hang in the Craft Industry Alliance booth at the 2023 H+H Americas trade show.
I was able to catch a few glimpses of it hanging in the booth on social media, and I hope that I can see it in person at the next trade show!
If you or someone you know owns a business in the craft world - including a sewing or quilting business - you might consider joining the Craft Industry Alliance! There are hundreds of business articles in the library on a myriad of topics, and there are monthly webinars that you can join in and participate in live time too! It has been a wonderful place to connect with other businesses, and I've made many new friends through their mastermind program too!
This was a quick make that I hope to spot at other industry events in the years to come!
Great job, the logo tells the story.
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