Kinship Quilt

Another sew-along is over and my Kinship quilt is done!

This was a fun "free" quilt - it is entirely made up from scraps.  I mainly focused on using up random charm and mini charm squares, but any piece of fabric in my sewing room was fair game.  My kids had fun with this too - if they wandered in while I was choosing fabric I let them pull the fabric for me.  The back is by Carolyn Friedlander; it was purchased for my Paper Round quilt and then rejected for being too dark, but I love how it looks with this one.  And for once I went easy on myself and just did a giant meander!  Fast and easy and perfect for a quilt that has so much going on.

Scrappy quilts are some of my favorite quilts to make, and this one was done entirely without a plan. I just sewed each block depending on my mood.  I then immediately sewed it into its row.  Every ten days I got to give a little cheer and then sew the finished row to the rest of the time.  That means on day 100, it was all ready for basting and quilting.  Here are some close-ups of the various blocks - it's impossible to pick a favorite.

The pattern is Kinship by Angie of Gnome Angel (affiliate link) and I highly recommend it.  I enjoyed the individual patterns and the fact that it alternated two different sizes of blocks - every block felt different from the one before so it was always fresh.  There is another sew-along to this pattern planned for next summer - it's fun to see the blocks of everyone sewing along with you on Instagram.

Finishing this was my goal for October and I'm linking up my finish with Elm Street Quilts.