Another one bites the dust, yeah, I said that already.
This was March 7, 2012. Quite the pile of quilts to be quilted. You recognize them all by now, right? From the bottom up, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, (my) Wall Hanging, Bubbles and now Lots of Hugs.
This is the one I most recently talked about gifting.
I fell in love with this quilt because of the scrappy potential and you know how I love scrappy quilts! This pattern was designed by Lee, for Moda, and was done in Terrain by Kate Spain, thus the title. I didn’t realize that is where the name for the pattern, Cross Terrain, came from until I dug deeper. To the quilters, out there, it’s obvious that I didn’t use Kate Spain fabric. I used fabric that has been around longer than Kate has been in the biz! I love quilts like this.
To me, this quilt will forever be known as Lots of Hugs. That is what I stitched into this quilt, as in all my quilts, really. Lots and lots of hugs to wrap you in. And also because it looks like one half of the XO symbols standing for hugs and kisses. The hugs part, specifically, as four arms wrap around each other. And because each quadrant in this quilt is a different fabric, you can envision them as arms, right?
This original pattern called for using a matchy, matchy collection of 40, 2 1/2″ wide x 42″ long strips of fabric, aka a jelly roll, making for half the work being done for you. I opted, instead, to drag out all the fabric, I own, and cut bits and pieces from probably 64 different fabrics. I discounted at least that many for not being the right shades and then another stack that didn’t contain enough fabric! It wasn’t planned to destroy my studio that way, I just got to cutting and piecing and the color took me over! Or was that the piles? I was consumed by the memories of so many quilts past that went into this one, that I may just have gotten a bit carried away. I suspect you will see this quilt, with a slight variation, soon.
And of course, it is my latest favorite quilt!
And this is the beautiful photo I received last week.
Emerald Lucille, being held
by Lots of Hugs. Emmie was born May 24, 2012 weighing in at just 6 pounds. She is the latest grand baby of my sister, Kim. Emmie makes number six, for her!
Lots of Hugs
40″ x 48″
Scrap quilt
Kona White
machine pieced
hand quilted
May 24, 2012
A bit of trivia~
This quilt went to the home whom houses more of my quilts than any, outside my own or my children’s. One, two, three, four and five, the only wedding quilt I have ever gifted. How about that! And what a beautiful occasion for this last one, don’t you think?
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Sewfrench 
Gorgeous quilt! And hello, beautiful Emerald!
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Thanks, Nicole! And I can’t wait to get my snuggles in on this little one!
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OK so I like scrappy,not using matchy,matchy prints from the pattern too! I like your descriptions of the Lots of Hugs quilt. Meanings are so powerful and necessary!
Love the pic of the Lots of Hugs quilt on that fence—- so beautiful!!
Emerald is such an angel!
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Thank you, Sara! I Can’t wait to snuggle that little angel! I try to find the perfect name for each quilt. There is so much focus and energy that is put into a quilt I think if you can harness it, into the name, it’s a treasure! We’ve lived here over 5 years and just a couple of quilts ago even thought about using that that fence as a prop! It’s way, way back at the far edge of our property and I think my eyes just pass over it. Though I do watch the deer jump over it regularly!
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I love scrappy! And your huggie quilt makes the most out of the idea! The little one is just small enough to fit into one of the hugs, too.
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I think the name is perfect for this quilt. It’s beautiful and I LOVE scrappy!
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Thanks, Janice!
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I LOVE this quilt! “Scrappy” style at its best. 😀 Whoop! WHoop!
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Thanks, Lyn! I always feel so responsible using up my scraps, I can just never seem to finish off *any* of them!
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Oh that’s so very lovely! Popped over from CIG a Whoop Whoop 🙂
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Thank you, Chrissie!
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That looks fantastic! Well done selecting fabrics from stash. And what an adorable (and lucky!) baby.
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Thank you, Alisa! I have got to keep at this stash busting. It is out of control!
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I’m trying to do the same thing — it’s really hard!
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The Lots of Hugs quilt is my favorite, I was considering it for a jelly roll I just bought. Beautiful!
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Thanks, Tabatha! And boy will it be easier with a jelly roll! The slowest part about it is matching seams, and there are a lot of them!
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Very beautiful quilt! Great job!
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Thank you!
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What a gorgeous quilt! And what a beautiful baby, naww! Thanks for linking up!
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Thanks, Alyce!
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Oh, what a little cutie pie! And I love her scrappy “hugs” SO much. Great finish!
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Thank you, Heather!
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Well, obviously the cutting chaos was worth it! Whoop whoop!
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Chaos is exactly right. And yes it was : )
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Sweet quilt for a sweet little baby! Whoop whoop!!
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Thank you, Sarah!
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This quilt is soooooooooooo pretty!
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That you , Lisa!
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Love that baby! And love ALL your quilts! I have one quick question! For the half square triangles don’t they require a 2 7/8 square to come out to 2 1/2 finished square? Just wondering….
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Thank you! And normally yes, to your question. But the way this one is put together, no.
Check out the Moda directions for a clearer explanation!
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/10/cross-terrain-quilt.html?m=1
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