Yours Truly by Kim Kight for Cotton + Steel is due is stores in January and I was grateful to snap up a fat quarter bundle (indirectly) from Sample Spree at Quilt Market. Kim and Alexia Marcelle Abegg's fabric collections for C + S have so far been the collections that I have been drawn to the most. Their designs often include prints that are smaller in scale and in a (softer and lighter) color palette that is more suited to my style and preference for fabric. And I love Yours Truly!
Inspired by vintage love-themed fabrics and garments the Yours Truly collection features strawberries, raccoon-like critters, tiny scattered hearts and ribbons, a small scale floral design, and a grid print. The strawberries though ... are the very best! The color palette is warm and includes both saturated colors as well as as several lighter (and brighter) colors including a soft grey, and neon pink.
I was so pleased with my purchase that I cut into the bundle almost immediately - I didn't even take photos of the fabric bundle for a future Sunday Stash blog post! In addition to using almost all of the prints that are part of the Yours Truly collection I have added several more fabrics from previous C + S collections including a red gingham fabric (Checkers), and a floral pink fabric from the Lucky Strike collection also by Kim Kight.
The quilt design is a simple and traditional Flying Geese quilt (each Flying Geese unit measures 3 inches x 5 1/2 inches including seam allowances). I really wanted to highlight the prints by way of contrasting the designs with a solid background fabric and so for the "wings" of the Flying Geese units I have used a number of Robert Kaufman Kona Cottons and Essex Yarn Dyed linen in Flax, as well as Oakshott shot cottons from the Scandinavia collection.
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| Yours Truly - Flying Geese Quilt 45 inches x 55 inches. |
I am really pleased with this quilt top! The colors play so well together and I can't wait to add texture and additional visual interest that comes with quilting, especially when quilting solid fabrics.
As always, thank you for stopping by!
Rita
RELEVANT LINKS:
Yours Truly - the Finished Flying Geese Quilt
Sunday Stash - Oakshott Scandinavia
More RPQ Flying Geese Quilts
RPQ Cotton + Steel projects:
Printshop Pineapple Quilt - August 2016
Bluebird Log Cabin Quilt - March 2016
Cotton + Steel Quilt - December 2014
Cotton + Steel Selvage Pillow Cover - December 2014
Garland Pillow Cover - December 2016
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Stunning Rita. Love the warmth of the fabrics, clean crisp corners, cute triangle variations..etc etc. x
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous, Rita! You always wow me!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! I love that you didn't mention the HRTs and let us discover them for ourselves. They are the perfect touch to this beautiful creation.
ReplyDeleteIt's just lovely! You have such vision! XO
ReplyDeleteRita, you have the most joyful spirit. Your quilts delight the eye. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas. Kathleen
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. I first saw this on Pinterest a few hours ago and immediately fell in love with the soft colours and design.
ReplyDeleteI love it! A Flying Geese is on my 2017 list...and this makes me more assured of it's rightful place thereš
ReplyDeleteThis quilt top is so pretty. I love flying geese!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is great. I love flying geese. I like the sprinkling in of the hrt and that you reversed the wings and geese on the strawberry fabric for a few of them.
ReplyDeleteInteresting color palette
ReplyDeleteThis is a very nice quilt. I hope to make one some day soon.
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas Rita♥️