Welcome! Today I get to share with you what I made as part of the Dear Diary fabric showcase.
Dear Diary fabric is the debut collection by Minki Kim for Riley Blake Designs.
When I think of Minki, I think of exquisite workmanship, beautiful photos and gorgeous sewing illustrations. She has a unique eye for design. Her adventurous creative spirit allows her to explore everyday life, and find the beauty in small moments. Her fabric collection is a lovely reflection of how Minki interprets the world around her.
The complete collection contains 21 prints. I chose to work with 12 and designed a sweet baby quilt perfect for any new addition.
Fussy Cut Centres
This quilt created a first for me in as much as it was the first time I have designed a quilt around a ‘fussy cut’ centre.
The fabric collection contains a Main panel featuring Minki’s lovely original hand-drawn illustrations with three different background options – off-white, pink or blue.
I chose to use the off-white and coordinated it with the Foxrain print, which makes for a gorgeous low volume background!
Colour
Dear Diary fabric contains the primary red, yellow and navy blue hues, as well as saturated pink, grey and light blue. I used all of the hues in this quilt, but you could also create a striking project by only focusing on either the darker or lighter hues. Or, perhaps narrowing the palette further and creating a monochrome palette such as red and pink, or navy and blue; and using either grey or white (or both) as the neutral throughout.
Quilting
When it came time to quilt the top, I kept the quilting simple by stitching diagonal straight lines across the entire quilt. And to further emphasise the feature prints I stitched in the ditch around each feature print block.
Backing
The quilt top finished at 45-1/2-inches square. As this is slightly larger than the width of the fabric in the collection, this meant that a single print backing would require two lengths of 1-1/2 yards to be joined. Since only a narrow strip of that second length would be used, (creating a lot of leftover fabric), I chose to piece together a contrast feature strip that I inserted into a single 1-1/2 yard piece of Doodle Gray fabric instead. This gave the required width necessary for machine quilting, but was a little more economical.
A New Pattern – Dear Diary Quilt
Would you like to make your own Dear Diary quilt?
If you drop by the blog next week I will share how I made the first block, and the second block the week after :).
If you want to get organised ahead of time, you will need the following Dear Diary fabric:
- (9) 1/4 yard PATTERNED fabric
- (5) 6-1/2” square FUSSY CUT centres
- 1 yards (90cm) BACKGROUND fabric
- 1/2 yard (40cm) BINDING fabric
- 52 x 52-inch BATTING
- 3 yards (2.75m) BACKING fabric (or see my tip above for a more economical option ;).
Giveaway
- Aurifil – Dear Diary small thread box
- C&T Publishing – a hard copy of Sew Illustrated (if the winner is in the US) or a digital copy (if the winner is not in the US)
- Warm Crochet – a pair of scissors
don’t forget to check out all the fabulous makers below who are participating, and leave a comment on this post for your chance to win! (Winner announced 6/11/17)
ETA – Giveaway now closed.
Congratulations to Andrea M, who was comment number 9!
The Showcase Continues…
| Monday Oct 30 | Samantha | @aqua_paisley |
| Tuesday Oct 31 | Saija | @saija_elina |
| Wednesday Nov 1 | Sue | @suedaleydesigns |
| Thursday Nov 2 | Ayda | @cafenohut |
| Friday Nov 3 | Alli | @woodberry_way |
I hope you enjoyed seeing what I made with Dear Diary, and feel inspired to make something cute with this new collection today :).
Dear Diary fabric is available now.
Thank you to Minki and RBD for including me in the showcase line-up; it’s been fun!
Samantha
xoxo.
It is a gorgeous quilt! I love the fussy cut centres – I love the panel of her drawings!!
I love this! Especially that the fussy cut blocks alternate with the other blocks. Now I need to find someone who is having a baby so I can make one! As always-I loved your pieced back!!
Love your solution for the backing! I am going to have to try that soon. Also love the fussy cut ceners!They are adorable!
Ohh this is even nicer than the first time I saw it. I love how you reflected on who Mink is . (You nailed it) she is beautful and see beauty everywhere. I love everything about this post Samantha ,, though I’m wondering if I can save quick enough now Ive read your going to show us LOL . but definately will be back to see how you made it 🙂 thank you so much !! its wonderful <3 xx
Minki** sorry Minki 🙁
I love your baby quilt. Minki Kim’s designs are adorable, it’s hard to believe it her debut collection. Thanks for sharing.
This is adorable! I love the colors of the fabric with the pattern, it just pops out at you!
BEAUTIFUL QUILT>LOVE YOUR IDEAS!!!
THANKS FOR SHARING!
I love this quilt pattern!! Beautiful work! Looking forward to the tutorials! 🙂
Lovely quilt, and I love both this post and this fabric line. Thanks for sharing!
I love this quilt and Dear Diary is the perfect fabric for it. WOW!
Love the fabric and your quilt! Well done!!
I love love love your quilt and cannot wait to make it! I am always on the lookout for patterns that can showcase large print fabrics. This makes me so happy 🙂
Super cute quilt!
Oh wow! So lovely. <3
The quilt is gorgeous, and I love the fussy cut blocks!
I just love your quilt! It is perfect and the fussy cut centers just make me want to swoon! It looks like I’ll have to go fabric shopping! Thanks for sharing your pattern, too!
Such a sweet quilt! You do tell a good story of Dear Diary.
I really like the fussy cut centers– and there are just a few, — I could do that
Your quilt is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the pattern.
I love the colours and the fussy cutting. Its a very nice quilt.
Tanja
Lovely baby quilt with beautiful fabrics❤️
Thank you for sharing pattern! Lovely fabric:)
I love this pattern! This is a beautiful quilt!
Such a wonderful Quilt! I woud love to make one myself!
This is such a beautiful quilt – I must put this on my to do list!
Plan on remaking your Dear Diary quilt. Great pattern, I have baby quilts to make for my nieces! Thanks for the pattern! ?
What a nice fabric collection! Your quilt pattern is really interesting!
This quilt is adorable! I’ve added it to my “must make” list! Thanks for sharing!
This is so pretty I adore the color palette of this new line! I love your quilt pattern and I can’t wait for the block tutorials in the coming weeks.
Such an adorable quilt. I look forward to the pattern. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful choice of fabrics and great blocks. Love the fussy cutting.
This line is adorable! I love the range of colors- your quilt is lovely and shows the fabrics so nicely.
Such a gorgeous pattern you created to perfectly showcase this adorable fabric! Can’t wait for the tutorial
Great quilt! It really reflect the freshness of the fabric collection!
Love the fabric and your quilt! Can’t wait to make one!
I hope to find time to make your quilt soon! I love it!
Wow! This baby quilt is gorgeous!!! I’ll definitely be following along to make one of these. I have two babies in need of a darling quilt and this pattern is perfect !
I ?the pattern … maybe I’ll take it with me to the sewing retreat this weekend …
What an adorable fabric line and your quilt is so beautiful. I can’t wait to make my own! Thank you!