Case of the Secret Garden

Mary made this beautiful quilt using the New York Wheel Inklingo collection.

The Case of the Secret Garden was the first Inklingo mystery quilt. The mystery quilt clues are available on the All About Inklingo blog.

Bold Stripes

Mary has made another colourful masterpiece using the Quarter Square Triangles Inklingo collection.

She used the 3" QSTs to make the hourglass blocks in this gorgeous quilt.

LeMoyne Table Topper

Patti has made this pretty LeMoyne Table Topper using the Inklingo Free Diamond, Triangle, Square collection and the pattern from Erin Klein which is available free to members of the Inklingo Yahoo group.


She writes:

"This is the piece I submitted for the guild challenge. I even told them they could enter if it wasn't finished. I didn't want to bind mine as I wanted to find more of the same fabric from Fabricland that I had used to make it. Unfortunately, it is discontinued and I have haunted numerous Fabriclands in Ontario to check out their clearance shelves. I couldn't find the one I wanted but did find enough of a slightly different colourway that I may over-dye to do the rest of a suitable top..."

Hexagon Star Quilt

Patti is making this wonderful hexagon star quilt using the Inklingo .50" 60-degree hexagons and the elongated 60-degree hexagon from Inklingo Collection 1, a collection on CD which is sold out.

She writes:

"Time has come to add my elongated hexagon border to my quilt top. The star is made up of 1/2 inch hexagons. The piece of fabric that I used for all the hexagons came from one piece of fabric that started out green on the one selvedge and went to yellow on the other in the same order as the elongated hex border is done. I had purchased the fabric after I issued a challenge at guild to make something that would be quilted using only two pieces of fabric, a background, the white on white fabric and the print was the focus fabric!

My fabric went AWOL and time was closing in on the challenge deadline so I bought a similar fabric in a different colourway and made a table topper instead. When we were packing to move across town the AWOL fabric showed up again so I decided I had better print off what I needed before it escaped again. Since it wasn't going to make it to the challenge, I decided to applique the star onto the black background and add a suitable border."

Do you want to see the project Patti made with the fabric in a different colourway? Look for the "LeMoyne Table Topper" post.

On Target

Mary has made this spectacular quilt which she has named "On Target" using the Farmer's Delight setting in the Dresden Fancy Pieced Inklingo collection.

Just look at the gorgeous use of colour in this one!

Canadian Starburst

Cathi made this red and white quilt using the 20" Feathered Star and the 6" Sunflower Inklingo collections.

After seeing so many pictures online of the gorgeous red and white quilts that were on display in New York a few years ago, I was determined to make a red and white quilt. Once the Feathered Star and Sunflower collections were released, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. Hand pieced and yet to be quilted. I named it Canadian Starburst as our Canadian flag is red and white.

Colourful Crosspatch

Cathi made this colourful quilt top using the 1-inch 90-degree hexagon Patchwork of the Crosses Inklingo collection.

It was such fun making this top that I think I may have to make another. I would never have made this were it not for Inklingo as English paper piecing just isn't for me. It is so quick and easy to stitch shapes like hexagons with a simple running stitch with the perfect Inklingo stitching lines - much quicker than basting and then whip stitching and no worries about my whip stitches showing. Fussy cutting/printing some of the shapes for the blocks added some interesting effects and was very easy to do. Having all the edge pieces needed to add the pieced border as in the original Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses really made this a joy to piece. I rarely ever follow a pattern or make an exact replica, but the Lucy Boston POTC is one that I couldn't resist.

Rose Star Table Topper

Glenda made this pretty table topper using the Inklingo 12" Rose Star collection.

She writes:

"I used the 12-inch Rose Star pattern from Inklingo to create my table runner. Although it is a 'one-patch' pattern, there is an option to use hexagons for parts of the design. I used my 2" hexagons and the 'kite' pattern piece from the 12-inch Rose Star collection to create my Rose Stars. Rather than making a long table runner with the blocks lined up end to end, I chose to create one that was shorter and wider for my oval table. I used large diamond shapes on the four corner areas to create the elongated hexagon shape of the runner. The table runner was both hand and machine pieced, then machine quilted. It was fun and I think it created a unique project."

Jane Austen Patchwork

Martha made this fabulous Jane Austen Patchwork quilt using the Inklingo Jane Austen Patchwork collection.

She writes:

"I pieced the centre and Val added the border for me.  I would never have attempted it without Inklingo."

Click on the photo to see the wonderful floral Martha used for the centre large diamond!  What a beautiful quilt!

Patchwork of the Crosses

Karen just finished this beautiful Patchwork of the Crosses top made using the 1" 90-degree hexagon Inklingo collection.


She writes:

"Finally, after 14 months of hand piecing, it is done! I finished my 100" x 100" Patchwork of the Crosses using the 90-degree Inklingo hexagons!  3,636 pieces in this quilt. Wow - what a finish - at times I wasn't sure I would ever finish and put it aside numerous times in the past year for weeks at a time. Thanks, Linda, for figuring out how to get lines on fabric. I'm sure I would still be working on it if I was English Paper Piecing instead of using Inklingo!"

Click on the photo to enlarge it and take a look at the hexagon border Karen appliqued on!

Blues Star Quilt

Lorraine is making this pretty blue and white star quilt using the free diamond, square and triangle Inklingo collection and the on-point triangles for 4.5 inch blocks Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"This is the second cooperative Inklingo quilt project done with my sister-in-law.  We used the free collection and the on-point triangles for 4.5" blocks collection. This is Linda's design, shared on the All About Inklingo blog when the on-point triangle collection was first made available.

It is all hand pieced and each star is different. This quilt is being made for my great nephew."

This picture shows a close-up of a few of the stars. Perhaps Lorraine and her sister-in-law did a little fussy cutting/printing to get some special effects.

Star Table Runner

Cathie D. made this pretty star table runner using the 1" 60-degree diamond Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"This is a little table runner made using Inklingo. It was a travelling project. I really loved how easy it was to piece the diamond stars and how precise it made my work. It was pieced by hand but, as I am not a hand quilter, I did some simple machine quilting. I was inspired by a table runner pattern that was in an old issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. I used a charm pack and a pretty tone on tone background from my stash.

I would highly recommend Inklingo to anyone who loves precision but struggles."

Star Quilt

Cathi made this star quilt using the shapes in the free diamond, square, triangle Inklingo collection.

It was inspired by a quilt I saw online. I just started stitching together more and more rounds of diamonds and squares until it got to the point I thought it was large enough. Then I started adding squares at the corners. Then a couple of borders, some pieced, and it was finished or so I thought. Now I've decided to add one more plain border.

Dresden Plate

Jeannette in Australia has made this gorgeous Dresden Plate using the Dresden Plate Appliqué Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"This is a picture of my Dresden Plate quilt using the back-basting method from the Dresden Plate appliqué collection. It is made entirely from my scrap bag. I didn't print any blades, just the background pieces. I really enjoyed the back-basting method of appliquéing the curved tops so much I asked Linda if she would make a collection of Baltimore blocks to back baste appliqué."

More Pieced Hexagons

Jeannette in Australia is also making pieced hexagons using 60-degree hexagon and 60-degree diamond Inklingo collections and the 300 Pieced Hexagons design book.

She writes:

"I am really loving making these 6" hexies from the 300 Hexies book. These are all hand pieced. It's just like making a little quilt each day."

Pink and Cream Star

Cathi made this pink and cream star quilt using the 45-degree diamonds in the 6" LeMoyne Star Inklingo collection.

It was inspired by a picture of an antique quilt I saw in the Quilts, A Beautiful History book. I love the look of two-colour quilts.  Once I had decided I was going to make this, I had my shapes printed and was stitching within no time. Thanks to the perfect stitching lines and matching points, my large and small stars went together perfectly. Hand pieced and still waiting to be quilted.

Another Drunkard's Trail

Jeannette in Australia made this quilt using the 3" Drunkard's Trail Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"I liked the fabric so much I didn't want to cut it up into small pieces.  It is hand pieced and still waiting for the borders."

Drunkard's Trail

Ruth made this colourful Drunkard's Trail collection using the 6" Drunkard's Trail Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"A fun and easy quilt to hand piece."

New York Beauty

Ruth made this pretty New York Beauty quilt using all three of the New York Beauty Inklingo collections.

She writes:

"Never thought I could make a NYB quilt."

Pies and Tarts

Ruth made this quilt using the Pies and Tarts Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"My very first full-size Inklingo quilt, love it!"

Rose Star

Jeannette in Australia made this quilt using the kite from the 12" Rose Star collection and 2" 60-degree hexagon Inklingo collections.

She writes:

"This quilt is made using the 1" kite from the Rose Star collection and 2" hexagons. I fussy cut the centre butterfly hexagons. It still needs the border put on it."

Hexagon Diamonds

Jeannette in Australia made this quilt using the 1" 60-degree hexagon Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"This quilt is made with 1" hexagons. It is hand pieced and hand quilted."

Sunflowers

Ruth made this sunflower quilt using the 6" and 12" Inklingo Sunflower collections.

She writes:

"I added a centre medallion from a Cheryl Phillips book."

Jane Austen Quilt

Sue in Australia is making a beautiful Jane Austen quilt using the Inklingo Jane Austen Patchwork collection. She has just finished putting the centre together.

Sue writes:

"I belong to a group of 12 who meet once a month and we have a 'birthday bag'.  Each person states what she would like in her bag and at the meeting in the birthday month gets a bag with 11 fat quarters from the others. Mine was small pastel florals in cream and pink. I added to this, including some swaps, and had 70 different fabrics each arranged symmetrically. I appliquéd the centre medallion.

Now for the border. I can't face the 2,500 small diamonds in the original and I'm not happy using any of the floral fabrics used in the diamonds. I'm thinking of making stars from the small diamond template and appliquéing them onto a cream border."

Sue's appliquéd centre is beautiful.  I can't wait to see what she does with the border!

Dresden Plate, Flying Geese, HST - Oh, My!

Jeannette in Australia made this wonderful quilt using the Dresden Plate Fancy Pieced collection, Collection 2 and HSTs.

She writes:

"I made this quilt for my sister-in-law Barbara after she saw the blocks and said how much she liked them. There are only 9 blocks, but each one is 24" square.  The centre is the 15" Farmers Fancy from the Dresden Plate Fancy Pieced Inklingo collection and the Flying Geese are 3" x 1.5".  The other blocks were made using 3.25" HSTs from Collection 2 and squares that I cut myself.  It is hand and machine pieced and machine quilted."

And here's a close-up of the beautiful centre Farmers Fancy block.

Joseph's Coat

Karen made this Joseph's Coat of many colours, using the Inklingo Joseph's Coat collection.

She writes:

"I made Joseph's Coat with the Inklingo collection. I printed the melons on fabric and printed the Inklingo templates for the background directly on to freezer paper to use as paper templates which I traced around on my background fabric. The printed lines on the melons gave me the lines I needed so the hand piecing worked out great. I hand pieced and hand quilted it. It was pieced during 2011 and 2012 and quilted during 2012."

"I added the black circles, turning the pattern into something a little bit different."

Snack Quilt

Sue made this fabulous Snack Quilt using the 1.5" 60-degree hexagons which are in Collection 3 on CD and also available as a downloadable collection using the Snack Quilt pattern, which is available at Inklingo here.

This close-up shows the quilting Sue did on her Snack Quilt. Sue's Snack Quilt has a wool batting and was finished in 2010.

Drunkard's Path

Carol made this wonderful Drunkard's Path quilt using the Inklingo 2" Drunkard's Path Shape Collection.

She writes:

"The Drunkard's Path blocks were hand pieced. The borders were attached by machine. It has not been quilted yet.

The title 'Tangerine Trees and Marmalade Skies' is from the Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds'.'

Octagon Stars

Cathi made this miniature quilt using the .75" 45-degree diamonds from the 6" Hunter's Star Inklingo collection and the .75" octagon and square from the .75" Octagon collection.

I was inspired by a photo of an antique quilt which was sent to me by a friend. I wanted to make a doll quilt for a friend who has an antique doll bed and this was the perfect design for it. I named it Candy Stars. It finished at 20" x 26" and contains 941 pieces. Hand pieced and machine quilted.

Pies and Tarts

Carol made this fabulous Pies and Tarts quilt using the Inklingo Pies and Tarts Shape Collection.

She writes:

"The blocks are hand pieced. The borders are attached by machine. The title is 'Summer Days' from the movie 'Grease' song 'Summer Nights.'

'Summer days drifting away to, oh, oh, the summer nights.'"

Yin Yang

Cathi is making this quilt which she has named "Memories of Smudge" using the Inklingo Yin Yang collection.

Smudge, our beautiful Maine Coon cat, used to curl up in a ball when he slept and I wanted to make a quilt in his memory. These colours do remind me of the various brown, gold and cream colours in his coat. And, if you look closely, you can see that each pair of blocks makes an "S" vertically - an "S" for Smudge. It's most evident in the blocks with the light cream fabric in them. The centre of the quilt is done, but I am still mulling over some border ideas.  Right now it is 36" x 30".

New York Beauty

Carol is making these beautiful blocks using the Inklingo New York Beauty #1 Shape Collection.

She writes:

"I have always admired the New York Beauty block - but I don't really like paper piecing so I've never wanted to actually make one. But as soon as Linda released an Inklingo version I just had to have it!

These are the first 4 blocks. It went together very easily. I am hand piecing them."

Circular Mug Rug

Cathi made this circular mug rug using the Dresden Plate Pieced Inklingo collection.

I love the pinwheel effect that this blade in the Dresden Plate pieced collection makes. I hand pieced and machine quilted it.

Alabama Beauty

Carol is making this gorgeous tropical version of Alabama Beauty blocks using the Orange Peel Deluxe Inklingo collection.

She writes:

"I have 18 more blocks to make for a total of 36 blocks."

Pieced Hexagons

Frummie is making 6" Pieced Hexagons using the 1.5" and 3" 60-degree hexagon and diamond collections. All but one of those pictured were made using those collections. The bumblebee hexagon was made using an enlarged version of a free pattern available from the Badskirt blog. Frummie enlarged the bee by 150% to have a finished pieced hexagon of 6".

Patchwork of the Crosses

Carol has made another fabulously colourful quilt, this time with the 1.5" 90-degree Inklingo hexagon collection.

She writes:

"The 25 blocks are hand pieced.  It has a 6" plain white border that was not attached when I took this picture.  It has not been quilted yet.

The pattern is an adaptation of Lucy Boston's Patchwork of the Crosses.  The title is 'Thoroughly Modern Lucy.'"

Tumbling Blocks Mug Rug

Cathi made this Tumbling Blocks mug rug using the 1" 60-degree diamond collection and half hexagons from the 1" 60-degree hexagon collection.

I had loads of diamonds from various swaps on the Inklingo list and, as I have always been intrigued by the Tumbling Blocks design, decided to make a mug rug. I wanted the light diamonds to be the same, so I printed some white diamonds to use and then just paired up the mediums and darks. Hand pieced and machine quilted.

Spool/Japanese X Quilt

Carol made this vibrant Spool quilt using the Inklingo Spool/Japanese X collection.

She writes:

"I used a total of 386 different fabrics. It was machine pieced using the Inklingo Spool block. It will be at the Quiltfest Jacksonville 2013 show in September.

The title is 'Besos y Abrazos' which means Kisses and Hugs in Spanish."

Rainbow Flower Table Topper

Rosa made this wonderful table topper that she has named "Frummie's Coffee," using the Inklingo Rainbow Flower collection.

Click on the photo to enlarge it and you will see coffee beans and cups and all sorts of coffee references!  What a great table topper!

Between Sunrise and Sunset

Carol made this beautiful quilt, which she has called "Between Sunrise and Sunset."

She writes:

"I used the Inklingo 1.5" 90-degree hexagon shape collection.  I didn't follow a pattern - it is my own design. It is hand pieced except for the borders.

I have entered it in the Quiltfest 2013 show in Jacksonville, Florida."

Yin Yang Wedding Quilt

Frummie made this gorgeous quilt using the Inklingo Yin Yang collection.

She writes:

"All pieced by hand. It is done with approximately 100 different batiks and given with much love to my little cousins for a wedding present."

Batik Sunflowers

Cathi is working on a quilt or possibly multiple quilts made with the 6" Sunflower Inklingo collection.

Each sunflower will use a different batik along with a white on white fabric. There is something immensely satisfying about making these blocks - the perfect stitching lines make them so easy to construct and each one has loads of continuous stitching opportunities and curved piecing.

Baby Stars

Barb made this adorable baby quilt using the star points and hexagons in Inklingo Collection 3.

She writes:

"Hand pieced while on vacation in my hubby's little apartment in Montreal.  I pieced all the stars while there.  And then it took me several months to finish once I got back home and life took over my quilting time!  But I loved piecing the little stars and have great memories of listening to audio books while stitching!  Inklingo is the best for inset seams!"

Tiffany Lamp New York Beauty

Cathi made this 36" x 42" wall hanging, which she is calling Tiffany Lamp, using all three of the New York Beauty collections.

I've always been attracted to and fascinated by New York Beauty quilts but, not being a fan of paper foundation piecing, I didn't think one was in my future. Then out came the three Inklingo New York Beauty collections and I was off to the races. The New York Beauty collections have it all - curved piecing, super spiky points, loads and loads of continuous stitching opportunities and you're guaranteed a good result as everything fits together perfectly every time!

Feathered Star

Barb made this gorgeous blue and white Feathered Star using the 20" Feathered Star collection. And all by machine!

She writes:

"Made completely by machine.  I never in a gazillion years could have made such a perfect feathered star completely by machine!  I always have felt confident in my hand piecing skills for perfect points.  But not had confidence I could do as well by machine.  Inklingo makes it easy!  And all those little half square triangles for the feathers are a snap!  I made this complete star in 2 days.  I even used the larger half square triangles from the collection to design the border.  They were a weird size, but I used a little spacer border to make up the difference and I love the way it makes the star float in the white background.  This one was such fun to make!"