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Jacob’s Ladder Quilt Along with the Fat Quarter Shop

February 8, 2017 by persimondreams 3 Comments

Today I get to share with you a project I’ve been working on for the last month or so – Jacob Ladder Blocks!  These actually worked for two purposes for me.  First – today the Fat Quarter Shop is launching a quilt along which features Jacob’s Ladder blocks!  I think these would be fabulous for making a scrappy quilt … perhaps one you could enter in the scrap quilt challenge? Jacob's Ladder Quilt Blocks I used them in a little bit of a different way.  I made six blocks all using the same two fabrics – one of Bari J’s newest line Sage – Ruby Prickly Pear and Tula Pink’s Strawberry Kiwi Hare from her line Slow & Steady.  With these six blocks I created six different borders (I did add a few other fabrics for the borders but if you look, the main blocks are all just the two fabrics) and then quilted them all in different ways.  This was the second way I used these blocks – it doubled as an exercise for a class I’m taking.  It truly is amazing what borders can do to a quilt/block. Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim LapacekThis Jacob’s Ladder Mini Quilt I used the fabric to create the Border.  BariJ’s Ruby Prickly Pear is a border print and by strategically cutting it a super cool border was made. Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim Lapacek Sometimes all that is needed for quilting is wavy straight line quilting.  I rarely quilt in actual straight lines … by adding a slight wave you eliminate all the stress of making sure your lines are straight.Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim LapacekThe look of the Jacob’s Ladder block here was changed completely by extending the half square triangles into the border with a couple of flying geese.  I used an XO ombre STOF fabric and I love what that did for the depth of the borders.  Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim Lapacek I free motion quilted this one using inspiration from Christa Watson’s book “Machine Quilting with Style.” Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim LapacekI just adore what skinny variegated borders did to this block!  Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim Lapacek And of course – this one was just screaming for Continuous Spiral quilting which Christa shares some great tips for  in her book “Machine Quilting with Style.” Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim Lapacek I had the mot fun making the borders for this one – they’re a bit crazy.  I used the corners from the flying geese I made in the mini quilt above and made half square triangles.  I then pieced a few little flying geese too and randomly pieced everything into the borders.  Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim LapacekSince the borders are random I decided to randomly quilt this one with swirls and a feather here and there.Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim Lapacek Next up – some pieced borders using a green hand-dye that coordinates with one of the greens in the Tula Pink Fabric.Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim Lapacek I was inspired by Angela Walter’s book “Free-Motion Quilting” for this quilt and the one below.  I thought I would do a geometric pattern to mimic the borders.  I definitely didn’t do this perfectly but I did enjoy it.  I also used two different colors of aurifil thread just to create a bit of a “pop” in the quilting. Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim Lapacek And for the final mini quilt – I put the Jacob’s Ladder Block on point.  Before I added the corners I put in a thin lip of fabric to create a bit of dimension. Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block by Kim LapacekThe Jacob’s Ladder Portion is free motion quilted in raindrop swirls. Plume Feather Quilting And this may be what I’m most proud of … I did a plume feather!!!! Jacob's Ladder Quilt BlockWhat does one do with six miniature quilts?  Oh why yes … Jacob's Ladder Quilt Block I make them into pillows! Head on over to the Fat Quarter Shop’s blog the Jolly Jabber to see how you can join in the quilt along fun AND see what other blogger’s did with their Jacob’s Ladder blocks!

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  1. Denise Russell says

    February 8, 2017 at 3:18 pm

    Wow! They all look gorgeous!

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  2. Connie Kresin Campbell says

    February 8, 2017 at 3:50 pm

    Beautiful!! Great colors and pillows are always fun to have and they are great for trying out free motion quilting!

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  3. quiltingbydawn says

    February 11, 2017 at 1:01 am

    What fun pillows! Great job creating borders and gorgeous quilting!

    Reply

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