Calvi Test Quilt
Calvi Quilt by Stoff ART Design
Behold! The extremely bright and professionally quilted Calvi Quilt that I tested for Sonja @StoffArt last year.
When I was picking out fabric for this project I was inspired by my Easter cactus that was in bloom at the time and decided on a really bright orange and green combo. It was the first (and maybe last) time that I used colors that bright together but I think it turned out nicely (albeit requiring the use of sunglasses to look at).
The two (three including the backing) fabrics I pulled for this quilt include:
Kona Cotton Cactus
Kona Cotton Flame
Ruby Star Society Warp & Weft Woven Matinee in Dahlia (backing)
After the smaller block pieces of the Petal Points Quilt Pattern that I made prior to this, the large blocks that make up this pattern were welcomed with open arms. Once the individual pieces were cut out, the blocks and quilt top came together rather quickly. It was also quite forgiving. Still being a novice at making flying geese, a lot of them turned out a bit wonky and had their points chopped off during trimming. Despite that, the quilt top came out, to my delight, “very square” according to my long armer.
This was my first quilt to be quilted by someone other than myself and I was extremely nervous about handing it over to my long armer. I am still relatively new to the quilting world and getting something quilted for me was completely foreign AND required giving someone else up close and personal access to all of the imperfections in my quilt top. The perfectionist in me isn’t a fan of sharing my flaws let alone the ones in my crafting endeavors, but I let go of those fears long enough to get it quilted and nothing bad happened. I have even given her two more quilts to quilt up (one with even more learning moments than this one).
Since this is the only bed sized quilt I have made (I tested the twin version) it is currently living sideways on our bed. For a while we had it flipped over so the backing, that is less bright, was facing up but Niko’s incessant kneading had us go back to the pieced side that is less prone to threads being pulled.
