Laura's 4-Patch Rose Garden Baby Quilt

This quilt is so special to me and I can't wait to share all the details with you! Let me tell you why it is so special! Not only was the quilt designed by my sister (Abigail), but most of the fabrics used in this project, she gifted to me. A gift that, not to be dramatic, changed the course of my life.😂

You see, many years ago, Abigail gave me a fat quarter bundle of The Open Road by Bonnie Christine as a birthday gift. I'd never heard of Bonnie Christine before but Abbie had been following her on IG and had done a couple of her courses so she was a bit of a Bonnie Christine fan girl. When I saw the Open Road fabrics for the first time, I fell in love. I've also been a Bonnie Christine fangirl ever since. I feel like you should know this since almost every quilt I make uses at least one Bonnie Christine print! 😆 It's likely this will continue! 

Anyway, when it came time to choose fabrics for the first Laura's 4-Patch, I rummaged through my hoard of Bonnie Christine/Art Gallery Fabrics. I managed to pull together a selection of fabrics that bring to mind Roses and warm, sunny spaces. And the Laura's 4-Patch Rose Garden Baby Quilt was born. Btw, one of those original, fateful Open Road fat quarters made it into the quilt!

The fabrics I used in this quilt are from several different collections, but they are all designed by Bonnie Christine for Art Gallery Fabrics. 

    Fabric A: The Open Road

    Fabric B: Her & History

    Fabric C: Pure Solids Terracotta Tile

    Fabric D: Gathered

    Background: Pure Solids White Linen

    Binding: Gathered

    Backing: Wild Forgotten

All of these fabrics will soon be available at Lindley General Store. We'll send out an email when they are available so if you're not already on our list, you can join now.

For the quilting, I used diagonal straight-line quilting to create a plaid effect. I first used this quilting design on one of my Gloria table runners. I loved how it looked on Gloria and have been longing to use it again. When I completed the Rose Garden quilt top, I knew this was the project I had been waiting for. Now that it's complete, I have to say, it turned out even better than I had imagined!

Here's how you can create this look on your own quilt using your domestic machine and some quilting tools you probably already own.

First, you'll need to mark a diagonal line from one corner of your quilt top to the other opposite corner. I used my Creative Grids ruler and a water-soluble fabric marker.

Once that first line is marked, using a walking foot on your domestic machine, stitch along the marked line.

Now that the first line is quilted, you can follow it with the guide on your walking foot to create the subsequent lines. This prevents you from needing to mark every line individually. For my quilt, I stitched the second line 2" away from the first line. The third line is stitched ⅜" away from the second line. 

Repeat this pattern across the quilt. Once you've covered the quilt with these alternating lines, you'll then repeat the same method but this time, crossing over the existing lines. Once the lines begin overlapping, it will create the plaid pattern as shown in the Laura's 4-Patch Rose Garden Baby Quilt

While the fabrics in this quilt were from my stash, the good news is that these fabrics are still available and we'll be stocking Quilt Kits for a throw-size version of the Rose Garden Laura's 4-Patch. The quilt kits will be available at Lindley General Store. It'll hopefully be available sometime in February.