No, I don't have a 100% finished Halo quilt to show you yet. I'm still working on hand stitching the binding. Meanwhile, though, I've finished piecing the first sixteen "Block One" log cabin blocks for my Scandi Deco bed quilt. Look how cute they look, lined up in crooked rows on my design wall! The Kona Solids colors I'm using for these blocks are Copen, Indigo, Leprechaun and Kale.
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| All 16 Blue/Green Log Cabin Blocks Completed! |
In my custom coloring from EQ8 (below), you can see that these are the blue and green log cabin blocks needed for the center row of my bed size quilt. I still need to make the four half blocks that go at the row ends, and then I need to make 32 full blocks and eight half blocks for the ends of the top and bottom rows.
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| My 102 x 102 Scandi Deco Plan in Kona Solids |
Deco Quilt is a pattern by Brittany Lloyd of Lo & Behold Stitchery and it's available in three sizes: Baby, Throw, and Bed. The pattern is available to purchase as an instant PDF download directly from the pattern designer on Etsy here (this post contains affiliate links). Brittany's Deco pattern includes instructions for either a 2-color version or a 5-color version, and -- because I like to make my life difficult -- my version of the quilt is made up of 12 different Kona Solid colors: Indigo for the background with Willow, Cactus, Amber, Thistle, Citrus, Tangerine, Magenta, Hyacinth, Leprechaun, Kale, and Copen for the blocks. I should note that the pattern directions would have been much, MUCH easier to follow if I'd limited myself to either two or five colors. Brittany gives yardage requirements and cutting charts for both of those options, but my rogue plan of twelve different colors meant I was on my own to calculate yardage for each color and to figure out how many of each shape needed to be cut from each color. Do as I say, not as I do... 😉. I am a willfully disobedient quilter who doesn't follow all of the directions anyway, so I'll be pressing my seams to the side instead of open and disregarding some of Brittany's instructions (which are geared toward frugal use of fabric and ease/speed of construction) in favor of wasting more fabric and time (personal preference!).
I've actually quilted two versions of this Deco quilt already, for two different clients. My client Liz made a two-color baby sized Deco quilt back in 2021 (see that one here), and my client Megan recently made a multicolor throw sized Deco quilt inspired by the vibrant pastel Art Deco buildings in historic Florida neighborhoods. That's the finished quilt I'm sharing with you today.
