Red, white and blue is one of my favorite color combos and I'm a firm believer that one can never have too many red, white and blue quilts.  I have a couple of red, white and blue flag quilts, a couple of red, white and blue star quilts, a red quilt, some blue quilts. I even have a red, white and blue Pineapple quilt.  But I didn't have a plain red, white, and blue patchwork quilt...so I set off to make one last June.

I grabbed lots of red, white and blue fabrics from my stash and decided to make a scrappy version of my Rough and Tumble pattern.  (In the original pattern, prints and solids are used in each block. But this time I decided to just use all prints.)  These blocks are simple and a little bit unique.  With a little bit of strip piecing, they go together fast!

I mixed in some chambray and a cute Americana text print to break up all of the scrappiness.

My friend, Jen Ostler in Highland, Utah quilted it for me with some wavy lines, reminiscent of a flag blowing in the wind. I love this panto for that reason and have used it several times on patriotic quilts!

If you've been following me for a while, you know I use Jen for most of my longarm quilting needs and she always hides a little object in the quilting.  Makes for a fun game of hide 'n seek.  Can you see the tiny little star in the picture above?  Jen is the best and puts so much love into each and every quilt she quilts.

One day as I was hand-stitching the binding down to the backside of this quilt, my husband saw it for the first time and said, "Oooh, I really like that quilt!" and I said, "Oh what do you like about it?"  He said he really liked the chambray and the plaid backing fabric together.  I guess it was a little more "manly" than most of the other quilts I make.  I did specifically try not to have a lot of florals in this one (I think there is just one).

I bound it in a gingham print, which I always love for binding.

I added one of my favorite labels from Ever Emblem.  They're so easy to sew into the binding so I don't have an excuse to not label my quilts!  I get the 2" cotton, fold-over, sew-in labels.  If you want to get some for yourself, you will just have to pick one of their basic cotton labels and customize it from there.

I think this is the fourth or fifth Rough and Tumble quilt I've made and it's definitely my favorite!  

Rough and Tumble comes with instructions for 5 different quilt sizes and is beginner-friendly.

My red, white, and blue version is the twin-size.  I'm excited to use it this summer for picnics, ball games and just displayed around my house.

If you'd like to grab the paper or PDF pattern, you can visit my shop HERE.

If you'd like to see my other red, white, and blue quilts you can check out THIS post.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you found some inspiration here...

My Favorite Things Fabric Tour

I have been a fan of Elea Lutz' designs since I first discovered her in 2015.  

Her first fabric line was Milk, Sugar, and Flower (which was absolutely adorable; 

I'm sad I missed out on it!)  However, I did end up making a 

Christmas quilt with her second fabric line, Little Joys.

 Today I get to share some projects I made with her

most recent fabric line, My Favorite Things.  It has that 

sweet, vintage style that Elea is known for.  And she is now a designer for 

Poppie Cotton which I think is a match made in heaven!

As you can see the line is full of soft pinks, blues, buttery yellows, creamy whites

and tans...with a little pop of red!  Such a cute color palette!  There are lots of 

different florals in various scales and one of my favorite things - text prints!  

But the main print features many of Elea's favorite

things (which I'm sure most of us can relate to.)  See THIS post

on Elea's blog for more pictures, the inspiration behind this collection, 

the darling coordinating cheater print, and a free mini

quilt pattern that Elea is offering to members of her new Facebook group. 

The first project I made with My Favorite Things

was a throw-size version of my Rough and Tumble pattern.

It comes with instructions for 5 different sizes!

I had so much fun playing with 5" squares of

My Favorite Things + a few solid fabrics 

and a tan with a white dot background fabric.

I love this pattern because the blocks go together really quickly

and there is no sashing!  So it's a very fast make, overall.

I bound it with the red Good Measure grid fabric from my fabric line, 

Treasured Treads with Poppie Cotton and backed it in a

large green gingham fabric from Riley Blake.

My friend, Jen Ostler in Highland, UT quilted it for me.

She did a fantastic job, as always!  The quilting pantograph 

she used is called Fluffy Lumps.  It's a new-to-me design

that I thought complimented the scalloped/floral print in 

My Favorite Things really well!  She also quilted a tiny heart 

on the quilt for me to find - in a little game of quilters' hide and seek.  

Can you see it?

I just couldn't get enough of My Favorite Things so I decided

to make one more project with the remaining fabric I had.  But don't

worry, it was a super fast baby quilt that just takes a couple of hours to put together.

I've had many requests for this pattern called, Big Baby.

It was originally in my book, Vintage Vibe

but it's out of print now so I decided to make Big

Baby into an individual pattern which you can find in my shop, HERE.

The pantograph is called Cartwheels and the quilt finishes at 38" square.

It's a big-block baby quilt version of my Scrap Jar Stars pattern.

It goes together so fast and looks cute in any colorway!

Perfect for gift-giving!

I love this fabric line and am so thankful that I got to be a part of

the My Favorite Things Fabric Tour.  My Favorite Things is in stores now

so be sure to run out and grab some before it's all gone!