Brew

Meet "Brew," my entry in the 2025 Pantone Quilt Challenge @pantonequiltchallenge hosted by Elizabeth @elizabethkray and Sarah @bysarahruiz.

After choosing a Mocha Mousse-inspired fabric pull for my challenge project, I do think I used each fabric at least a little bit, adding an unidentified orange solid for an accent. The interior of the large brown shape on the left in the photo above is Painter's Palette Mocha - my choice for a 'match' for Mocha Mousse.  The other brown solids I used the most of were Kona Biscuit (background for upper right shape) and Kona Earth (bottom right shape).

The 'design' was inspired by an art piece I saw, constructed with just three large 'blocks.' I made one block to see how it felt, and even with the curves, it felt just fine.

So I continued on and made three more big blocks. The striped insets were pieced improvisationally, then ruler-trimmed. The curves were all cut freehand.

Unique, yes, but I liked it well enough and thought quilting would only improve it. So I made a pieced back and started in quilting a rectangular grid using Aurifil 50wt 2314 [Medium Beige], 6010 [Toast], 2372 [Dark Antique Gold], and minimally, 1130 [Very Dark Bark].

For the binding, I used a Dear Stella print, as it coordinated nicely, and I was running low on my brown solids. In the finish, it appears a little lighter than I expected, but I still like it, and the mix of fabrics as a whole. So in a couple of weeks, I'll be linking up in the Mini/Wall category of the challenge, since the shortest side of my quilt is less than 30".  I'm anxious to see all the other entries!

Project Title: BREW

Quilt Dimensions: 28.5" x 45"

Country of Residence: USA

Pantone Quilt Challenge Fabric Pull

After weeks of anticipating the Pantone Quilt Challenge @PantoneQuiltChallenge hosted by Elizabeth @elizabethkray and Sarah @bysarahruiz, I finally came up with an inspiration design idea while out shopping last week. That motivated me to run home and pull some fabrics that might work their way into my project.

I pulled a variety of substrates and colors, bottom to top:

Essex Yarn Dyed Homespun in Natural

Painter's Palette Mocha - My choice for a 'match' for Mocha Mousse

Essex Yarn-Dyed Nutmeg

Crossed in Sand from Diamond Textiles

Essex Yarn-Dyed Espresso

Noodlehead Around the Bend floral print on Essex Roasted Pecan

Kona Biscuit

Kona Earth

Kona Stone

So now I just need to get started! Hoping to share some progress soon-ish, as the #PantoneQuiltChallenge2025 runs only through April 28! Here's all the details.