The Nightfall Parade | | A Soaring High Quilt Pattern in Nightfall

For yesterday's Nightfall Parade project I had every intention of blogging the Easy Tote bags I recently made using my Nightfall canvas, Mystical Woods in Solar. Lately the mornings have been dark, and as I waited to take photos of my finished bags I moved onto my next plan -- a Soaring High quilt in Nightfall! Once I began work on this fun project, I didn't want to stop, and as a result I'm so excited to have a new quilt pattern to share with you all today!





I designed this quilt a few years back to showcase a Skinny LaMinx collection for Cloud9 and have been dying to remake it using one of my own collections now that I'm designing for Art Gallery Fabrics. Nightfall happens to be the perfect match to this modern take on the traditional flying geese block! This pattern is made simple and addictive with my "make four at a time" flying geese method and chain piecing, you're going to love making this quilt!

Let's get started!



This quilt is made up of thirty flying geese blocks using some of my favorite Nightfall prints. My son Kaiden picked this particular combo and love how gender neutral it is!





Follow these easy cutting and assembly instructions to piece together your very own Soaring High quilt. I made this quilt top from start to finish in just a little more than a day! It's truly one of the quickest, most enjoyable quilt patterns that I've designed!



After stitching up those last few final seams that were waiting for me this morning, my husband and I took my newly finished Soaring High quilt top to a nearby pond for some quick photos. The morning mist suspended above the water was stunning, I was lucky to capture such pretty photos to share so soon!





You can see that I arranged my quilt blocks alternating rows of geese pointing up and geese pointing to the left. When you make your own I encourage you to have fun playing around with other layout options. There really are so many possibilities for this particular block pattern!



I hope you love this project as much as I do! If you do give it a go at anytime, be sure to share on my Facebook page or on Instagram with the hashtag #NightfallFabrics & #NightfallParade -- I love seeing what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! ♡ Maureen

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A Flying Geese Quilt Top : :

I finished up my first new quilt top of the year early this past Sunday morning. I absolutely love it! It's made using the same flying geese measurements as I share in my Soaring High quilt pattern for Cloud9 Fabrics and my Blogger's Choice bundle for the Fat Quarter Shop!



When I was invited to create a Blogger's Choice bundle, I had no particular color scheme in mind, and found it a little difficult to choose from just those fabrics newly available this month. Knowing that it would be available for January, I wanted it to feel like Winter and in the end settled with a collection of icy blue-green, pale grays, creamy whites, dark teal, a few saffron yellows, black, and purples. It has a much different feel than the fabrics I've been using these past couple weeks, a welcomed change and chance to do something a little different!



To make this quilt, I made lots and lots of geese and sewed them randomly together going every which way. I was having fun and was working fast!





I plan to see about sending this one into Melissa of Sewing Shabby Quilting to work her quilting magic with something that will compliment all these flying geese. I can't wait to see it finished!



♥ Maureen 

A Soaring High Quilt : :

Last month I was privileged to have been asked to create a quilt for Cloud9 Fabric's Fall Quilt Market booth using Up, Up & Away, a collection by the amazing Heather Moore of Skinny laMinx! I shared a few peeks here & on Instagram along the way, and today I'm so happy to invite you all to enjoy the free downloadable PDF for my Soaring High Quilt!



This quilt is made up of thirty flying geese blocks, ten in each of the three colorways that make up the Up, Up, & Away collection -- Dark Red, Pollen, and Blue Moon.



I really love the back of this quilt! It's finished in a large cut of Cloudspotting, framed with more Dots & Spots in Blue Moon, and is bound in Dots & Spots in Smudge!



I sent this one off to professional long arm quilter, Melissa of Sew Shabby Quilting to quilt in my new favorite modern pattern, Take Five. She did an amazing job!!


This was our first ever attempt at beach quilt photos, it was a little dark at times from storm clouds rolling in, but it was pretty calm and oh, so beautiful! I truly can't wait to create a second quilt using this pattern, it was fun and came together super quick! A project that's definitely going on my after-holiday sewing list!! You can find Up, Up, & Away newly available at Pink Castle Fabrics! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! ♥  Maureen