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Hi Quilty Friends! I’m Melanie from A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog and Instagram. Today I’m sharing the Tip Top Quilt featuring the beautiful Ciao Bella fabric collection designed my Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs.
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Carina Gardner designed Ciao Bella as a modern twist on your European Grandma’s linens and vintage soft goods. I absolutely loooooove the gorgeous floral prints!
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The Tip Top Quilt is a perfect beginner quilt pattern that uses (1) 2.5″ Rolie Polie of Ciao Bella plus (1) yard of sashing and optional border.
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Tip Top Quilt: 64.5″ x 64.5″ (with border)
Supplies
- 1 Rolie Polie (36) 2.5″ x WOF strips – Ciao Bella designed by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs
- 1 yard sashing- Dapple Dot on White Black by Riley Blake Designs
- OPTIONAL outer border: (1) yard – Ciao Bella designed by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs
- 0.5 yard binding- 1/8″ Stripe Black for Riley Blake Designs
- 4 yards backing – Sparkler Baby Pink Sparkle designed by Melissa Mortensen for Riley Blake Designs
- Tip Top Quilt Pattern –Payhip or Etsy
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I love the Blush Ciao Bella Floral so I added an outer border by cutting my border strips 4.5″. This is also an easy way to enlarge your quilt! Just choose your favorite fabric and add a border!
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I absolutely love a striped binding! When there is a coordinating stripe in the collection or a matching 1/8″ stripe Riley Blake Designs basics – I will pick a striped fabric for the binding 95% of the time. The Riley Blake Churn Dash Binding Holder is fantastic for keeping my binding organized and not in a tangled knot on my floor ;).
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Happy Quilting!!!!
Melanie Call