When my stepdaughter came to visit over the holidays, she spent quite a lot of time snuggled under one of our lap quilts on the couch - it’s summer here too (just like her dad lol). So I thought she might like a lap quilt of her own.
I used this simple free pattern for an ombré HST quilt, and pieced the back and made the binding with the leftovers. It’s on its way to her now - I hope she likes it!
This is gorgeous! I love the ombre effect and your fabric choices…beautiful!
Beautiful! Lucky girl!
So pretty! The colors are beautiful! And I bet she will just love it! What a thoughtful gift!
I love it! Great colors, awesome pattern, thoughtful gift. 
Gorgeous colors and excellent piecing! Sure to be loved.
It’s gorgeous! The colors and fabrics are so pretty together. I’m sure it will be cherished.
Such a beauty! The colours are just lovely. How many are there? I see 7… or 8? Did she love it?
I really like how you’ve quilted it. I’m so intimidated by complex quilting patterns & always looking for ones I can do myself without high risk of mucking it up. This diagonal partial stitch-in-the-ditch looks doable. What did you use for batting? Did you use a spray basting? The thing I have the most trouble with is keeping layers from shifting around. That, & stuffing wads of quilt in the throat of the machine, haha!
Lovely!
That is so pretty and restful. I’d take a nap under it any day!
It’s beautiful! I love the colors and the way the ombre effect is achieved due to the blending of the triangles. I’m sure it will be a wonderful surprise, and a cherished quilt for years to come!
This is so gorgeous! You are such a thoughtful stepmom!
A very cool take on ombre and such a thoughtful gift!
I love the colours you picked!
Thanks! There’s 8 colours in the pattern. The designer gives a calculator to figure out the square size for whatever size quilt you want to make.
Yep, very doable, I went for the easiest way to quilt it 
I just have a regular machine, and I wanted to get it done fairly quickly. I’ve never used spray basting, is it good? I used a bamboo batting, which wasn’t very thick, and was good at gripping the fabric. Pinned it all out with the curved safety pins. I used a ruler and a little tailor’s chalk to mark the lines where it wasn’t in the ditch - all straight lines, so it didn’t need much marking. Just rolled it, and it went through the throat of the machine easily (lap size - I did a queen size once and my arms sure got a workout!!). I think the things that make the biggest difference for me to stop layers shifting (I hear ya!) are holding it fairly firmly as I feed the fabric through, and using a walking foot. I think this was the first time I didn’t have to unpick a pucker on the back and re-sew though …
Thanks everybody! We don’t see her very often, so I hope it will let her know that she’s loved whenever she uses it. 
It’s gorgeous! I’m sure she’ll love it.
I have some basting spray but it says to use it in a well ventilated area and that’s a bit inconvenient with a quilt. What am I gonna do, take the thing outside and lay it on the ground? LOL, I may have to find some smaller projects to use it with, outside on a table when the weather is fine with no wind.
Thanks for sharing the link, I would like to try it on a very small scale for a placemat. My Aunt loves blue and handicrafts and math so this would be a nice project to gift her with. I could make it the right size to sew into a tote for her. I will think on it… I certainly have enough scraps in every colour to make some small versions of the pattern.
Ooh, I think it would be fab in a small scale!! Great idea! I think it’s a neat pattern, it looks smart and modern, and there’s so much scope to play around with colours 
Those colors are really PRETTY!!! And they match sooo well!!!
