Autumn Columns (the Oakshott Blog Hop)

I’ve also been excited about shot cottons since I first laid eyes on them over five years ago.  And I really enjoy mixing shot cottons with modern prints, which happens in my DoublePlusGood quilt   and in my megaXPlus quilt. They add a lovely complexity to the patchwork.  Oakshotts are among my favorite shot cottons--the colors are wonderful, the fabric doesn't curl when you press it, and the weight is very similar to standard quilting cottons.

Today’s post shows my first quilt top made entirely from shot cottons.  I made these simple improv columns so that the colors in the Autumn fabric bundle would really shine.  And I’m sharing this quilt with you today as part of the blog hop for Oakshott’s Autumn bundle.

Materials:

Fat eighth bundle of  Autumn Oakshott fabrics

½ yard if Nilgiri (the bluest fabric in the Autumn bundle)

½ yard of white Oakshott

Instructions:

My quilt is 48" x 64"; I could have made it even larger as I didn't use all of the fabrics. Be sure to catch all the stops on this blog tour--each has a tutorial!