Liberty of London and Chambray Checkerboard Quilt - In Red

The Finished Quilt.

QUILT DETAILS

Liberty of London and Chambray Checkerboard Quilt - Red

The finished quilt measures 60 inches x 75 inches.

100+ different fabrics. 

I  have made 42 16-patch blocks + 6 8-patch blocks.

  A total of 720 patches of fabric (30 rows of 24 squares).

(Refer to the Checkerboard Strip Piecing Tutorial for detailed piecing details).

Each finished square measures 2½ inches x 2½ inches.

Printed fabric:

Liberty of London Tana Lawn

Background fabric:

2½ yards of Chambray in Coral by Andover Fabrics

QUILTING:
Quilted on a domestic sewing machine
with a walking foot and quilting guide:
an all over grid created by stitching edge to edge
horizontal and vertical lines along both sides of
all seam lines, and a set of  edge to edge diagonal lines through
 the center of the chambray fabric squares.
THREAD for quilting:
Aurifil 28wt thread (the gray spool) for quilting:
 (28wt top thread - 40wt thread in the bobbin).
QUILT BACK fabric:
Newsprint in Spackle from the Story Collection by Carrie Bloomston.
BINDING fabric:
Crisscross in Red from the Remix Collection by Ann Kelle
for Robert Kaufman.
BATTING:
Low loft cotton batting.

I have finished my Liberty and Chambray Checkerboard Quilt and I am chuffed with how it turned out! I really do enjoy working with Liberty of London Tana Lawn and love combining these luxury fabrics with beautiful chambray. It is a match made in heaven, and I think the photos speak for themselves. I do love how the quilting stitches have added interest to the chambray fabric, and I have again used a heavier weight thread for the quilting (28wt Aurifil), so that while the quilting stitches happily nestle into the woven chambray fabric they are still well defined.

For the back of the quilt I have used my favorite text fabric - Newsprint from the Story collection by Carrie Bloomston for Windham Fabrics, and for the binding I have used Crisscross in Red by Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman. I spent some time sorting through my fabric stash in search for the perfect binding fabric, and this "check" fabric was a great match for I did not want to add a strong contrast frame to the quilt.

Liberty of London and Chambray Checkerboard Quilt - In Red.

Quilt measures 60 inches x 75 inches.

This quilt is available for purchase from my Etsy Store.

All the listing details here:

Liberty of London and Chambray

Checkerboard Quilt

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you for stopping by and scrolling through the photos!
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store
Liberty of London and Chambray Checkerboard Quilt - In Red - Work in Progress.
Checkerboard and Strip Piecing Tutorial

More RPQ Liberty of London Projects:
Liberty of London Hexagon Quilt - September 2018
Liberty of London Oven Mitts and Pot Holders - December 2013
Liberty of London Pincushions - December 2013
Liberty Patchwork Cushion - April 2013
Liberty Stars Quilt - English Paper Piecing - January 2018

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