Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Sunday, August 24, 2014

My Orange Peel Finish

This summer I have had a ton of fun making mini and baby sized quilts, mostly so that I could try some different techniques and enjoy designing my own quilts.  An added bonus has been making most of these projects out of fabric from my stash!

I think my most favorite finish is my orange peel mini which I just completed this afternoon.



The orange peels are made out of several fat quarters of Mimi by Chez Moi for Moda.  I have had them since last fall and I was just waiting for the perfect project to showcase this beautiful material!  The background squares are low volume fabrics that I have been collecting.  For the backing I used a fun multi-colored polka dot fat quarter from my stash, and I used the leftovers from the orange peels to make the binding.  This mini finished at 18 1/2 inches by 18 1/2 inches.

To quilt this mini, I stitched around each orange peel and then used this idea from Crazy Old Ladies quilts to add echoing lines in the space between the orange peels.  I love the pattern the quilting created!


I am linking up this week with Quilty Habit for the Orange Peel QAL, as well as Sew Cute Tuesday and Needle and Thread Thursday.  Have a happy week!

14 comments:

Tanya Quilts in CO said...

I love your echo quilting! It really adds more dimension.

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

I love your quilting! Very cute finish. And I love your tangerine fiesta on it...Just like mine!

Lara B. said...

This little quilt is just the sweetest thing! Every little detail, from fabrics to awesome quilting, is great!

Needled Mom said...

I love it. Your quilting is just fabulous on it too.

Martha said...

It is so beautiful!!! It is so fun to work from your stash, isn't it? This is a great finish. The quilting fantastic and it highlights the blocks beautifully. Love it!

Carole @ Fresh off the Frame said...

Your quilting looks fabulous, and the quilt is very cheerful and pretty. Nice finish!

Renee said...

This is so sweet, I love the fabrics and quilting! (psst you forgot to list how big it is and I think you have it in the wrong size category for the QAL).

Jessica said...

Hi! Like Renee said above, if you wouldn't mind linking this to the "mini" category instead of the quilt category - I don't know the dimensions but it looks like that's where it belongs. Thank you!

Vera said...

Looks great! I love the way you quilted it!

Carla said...

Very pretty orange peel. I'd like to make one : )

Jessica said...

I meant to actually comment on how beautiful this is before! Sorry I neglected to do so. ANYway, it IS gorgeous and I just love your quilting!!

Lea said...

Oh how pretty. I love the quilting you did on this quilt.

Kristigreg said...

I love your echo quilting. It really complements the orange peel design! Did you use a walking foot to do the quilting?

Kashmira said...

Such a beautiful design and great choice of colors! Your workmanship is very good.