Light and Shadow

quilts
A quilt made up of nearly log-cabin like blocks with rich medium-tone and dark-tone fabrics. Diagonal runs of small and medium white blocks separate them. The colorful bits make a kind of augmented plus sign between the diagonal rows. It's got quilting lines that form 90-degree diamonds with might more angular nested diamonds inside them.

Years created: 2016-2017
Piecing technique: machine
Quilting technique: machine
Summary: This was my first machine-quilted quilt, using the walking-foot method. I got it as a kit from another quilt guild member who was downsizing her stash. It’s not quite a log cabin but feels log cabin-inspired. I was particularly drawn to the rich medium-tone colors in the kit.

The pattern is titled Light and Shadows, printed by Pacific Patchwork for Block Party Fun. The pattern is by Paula Stoddard, 2010. It requires 1.33yd light fabric and 16 medium-to-dark fat quarters.

The quilting method I used came from Jacquie Gering’s Walk. First, I quilted along the white diagonals of the quilt to create large squares on point (diamonds, but with 90 degree angles). Then, I quilted nested more traditional diamonds within each row, alternating between work in a vertical and horizontal direction, making a kind of star pattern.

Unfortunately, the house I was living in the time didn’t have good light, even in its backyard. So I only have a few pictures of this one. I gave it to a friend whose husband died.

A yellow backing with small flowers on it. The star or flower-like quilted pattern is very obvious

A closeup of the quilting, showing an almost spider-like angled pattern on the backing

The full quilt laid out on the carpet in a darker room. The small and medium-sized white blocks running in a diagonal pattern contrasts with medium and dark fabrics of the blocks between them.

A photograph of the quilt pattern. The actual block is pictured, a four-patch with two light and two darker squares surrounded by larger colorful pieces in a long-cabin-like style with white squared in the corner.