shayla’s quilty things

A scrappy birb quilt made with 100% recycled and reclaimed materials for a bird lover I love! The fabric, batting, buttons, and even the thread were all sourced from my own clothing, thrift bins, or FabScrap BK.

Weight of Love quilt - Finished!

It took over 4 years, but I finally finished the Weight of Love quilt that I started with Libs Elliott back when I first moved to Ottawa.

It was my one project that for whatever reason, just never seemed to get done! I left it less than half-pieced for about 3 years (I didn’t touch it after our workshop). At a retreat in 2018, I finished up the patchwork section, but then I waited about another year before appliquéing it on to a backing fabric. Then I finally quilted it up this past November!

Quilty Details:

* Libs Elliott’s “Weight of Love” quilt pattern - started in a workshop with her back in 2015

* Approximately 65″ square finished

* Used a combination of Kona cotton and Cotton and Steel Basics

* Patchwork section is pieced with Y-seams

* Appliqued the pieced section on top of solid fabric; I didn’t cut out the back so it’s extra thick under the patchwork

* Straight-line quilted on my domestic with 1/2″ spacing, using Wonderfil 40-wt thread

* Backing and binding in Cotton and Steel basics