Hello Quilting Friends! It’s Melissa Corry from Happy Quilting here, with you today. I am thrilled to be sharing one of my newest quilt finishes with you today that features the happy and sweet Ally’s Garden fabrics by Dani Mogstad. As soon as I saw this fantastic fabric line, I just knew I had to make a quilt from it. I just love the beautiful prints and the colors have me so welcoming spring, and hopefully saying goodbye to all that snow in the background soon. So I went to my new Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book, that is re-releasing next month, and picked an adorable Lap Quilt to whip up!
And here it is, Dutch Days in Ally’s Garden
What I really love about the quilts in my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book is that they are all made from one 10″ Square Stacker and a background fabric. So all I needed to get started was a Ally’s Garden 10 Inch Stacker and a Texture White Basics for the background and away I went.
Don’t those spring colors just go perfectly with these windmill blocks. The original Dutch Days Quilt quilt was inspired by fields of tulips and made with Harmony Fabrics by Melissa Lee. I love this alternate Spring version every bit as much as the original. Isn’t it just so fun to see how much a quilt design changes by changing the fabric! And I love that this design allows you to make it look super scrappy, even though it is made with a 10″ stacker. So easy and fun 🙂
And Dutch Days might look like you will be trimming Half Square Triangle’s forever, but guess what, there is not a single HST unit in the entire quilt. It truly It is made using No-Waste Flying Geese Units and if you haven’t made these before, you are going to love how these flying geese come together! This whole quilt is super fast and super fun to make and is equally great for beginners and experts alike. Dutch Days finishes at 72″ square, so it is a great lap size to snuggle up in.
And when it came time to quilt mine, I decided to to an all over Loose Feather design. I love how it complements the paisley print, and gives the look of vines growing across the quilt. It just adds to the movement of those pinwheel blocks. And of course, it is a super relaxing design to quilt and is super fast as well, double bonus!
And that is my new Dutch Days quilt! I hope you have enjoyed this post. To see more of my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book, you can visit my blog and see all the quilts. Again, each of the 9 quilts in the book are made with one 10″ Stacker and a background fabric. It just makes it so fun and easy to whip up these lap quilts!
Oh, and if you make your own Dutch Days Quilts, (or any of the quilts from Fast & Fun Lap Quilts) I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingwithmc and #rileyblakedesigns and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can’t wait to see your Quilts!!
Oh, and one last note before I go . . . I am super excited to announce that the Fast & Fun Sampler Quilt Along will be starting soon! And wouldn’t you know it, I am using Ally’s Garden for one of the two versions I am making. Isn’t it just so pretty with the gray background. There will be lot’s more details on my blog of how to join in through the next month, so be sure and follow. And you will need a copy of Fast & Fun Lap Quilts, so grab that if you don’t already have it. I so hope you will quilt along with me!
Thank you so much to Riley Blake Designs for having me here on their blog. And to see more of my Happy Quilting adventures, you can stop by my Happy Quilting Blog for a visit, follow me on Instagram @happyquiltingmc or visit my Happy Quilting Facebook Page. I just love being able to share lots of quilting goodness on a daily basis and would love to share it with you.
I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!