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Heartland Plus Infinity Quilt

March 30, 2018 by Shannon 4 Comments

Plus Infinity Modern Quilt Pattern shown here in the Heartland fabric collection by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics - a lovely Scandinavian inspired collection that's perfect for the Winter season. See more on the blog #quiltpattern #quilting #quilt

Have you ever held a quilt hostage? Gifted it and then said “oh, you can’t have it quite yet”?! Ha! I did just that with this Heartland Plus Infinity Quilt when I gifted it to the hubz this past Christmas.

To make matters worse, this was a quilt I made for him since his blue Dresden Plate quilt is still a WIP (an anniversary present I’ve been working on since 2015 – but in all fairness, I am hand quilting the whole thing, so…) and I had intended to make him a quilt using these fabrics back in 2016 but wound up on bed rest

Plus Infinity quilt out in the winter wild featuring the Heartland fabric collection that's inspired by Scandinavian winters. This modern plus quilt pattern is perfect for playing with your favourite prints. See more on the blog #plusquilt #crossquilt #quiltpattern #quiltsinnature

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The fact that it’s Easter this weekend and April is finally making its appearance (and hopefully bringing warmth and sunshine with it), I figured it was high time I get this beauty shared with you, so I can officially gift her! It’s ALL about priorities!

One of the things I love about quilting is the versatility it offers.

Who doesn’t like options, right?!

Take patterns as an example. Everyone has their own take on what colours and prints they want to work with, which entirely changes the look and feel of a finished quilt.

Heartland Fabric Collection

While designing my Plus Infinity quilt, I had some fabric left over from my stop on Pat Bravo’s Heartland blog hop and thought the Scandinavian design prints would be a perfect fit for the geometric nature of the quilt pattern.

I adore the simplicity of Scandinavian style and he loves owls and clean lines, so I thought it would be the perfect combo.

Fabrics impact the look

Plus, it gave me the chance to see how different the fabrics themselves look when paired with a different pattern.

And they didn’t disappoint!

Just look at how different the two looks are:

Here’s one featuring only solids in blues and greens with a hint of soft yellow.

Plus Infinity Quilt Pattern by Shannon Fraser Designs includes instructions for lap, throw and queen size quilts. See more on the blog #quilt #modernquiltpattern

Compared to this one which features all prints with a soft minty green as the background.

Plus Infinity quilt in the winter wild #quiltsinthewild

Another great example of different interpretations of quilt patterns was the variety of looks my pattern testers came up with while testing my Reverberance quilt.

Although this makes a generous throw-size quilt, the piecing doesn’t take that long.

Chain piecing for maximum piecing efficiency in the Plus Infinity quilt. See more on the blog, including a tutorial on how to chain piece! #quilting #piecing

There is lots of chain piecing involved, so if you have your cutting done at the outset, it comes together really quickly. And makes for a great opportunity to catch up on some of your favourite podcasts, binge on Netflix or listen to an audiobook.

The longest bit, at least for me, is squaring up all those half-square triangles. Check out this tutorial on how to square up HST quilt blocks if you need tips on how to do that (it stumped me when I first started quilting 😉).

Stacks of half square triangles ready to be pieced in the Plus Infinity Quilt. This one features the Heartland fabric collection from Art Gallery Fabrics #halfsquaretriangles #quilt

Scratch that, the longest bit was the matchstick quilting I opted to go with. I love straight-line quilting and I’ve been meaning to do matchstick quilting on a larger project. I will forewarn, this is not for the faint of heart. It’s not complex. It’s not even challenging (well, once you get good at keeping those lines straight – plotting your lines with a hera marker helps 😉), but it is time-consuming. Like, catch-up on a whole audiobook time-consuming!! It took many sessions to get her done, but the look it gives and the FEEL of her is just amazing and worth every minute I spent at the machine.


This quilt reconfirms that design really is in the details and spending time getting those details right is SO worth it.

Did I mention how amazing she feels?! I could snuggle under her for days and was thankful for the time I spent under her while storms were raging outside as I sat hand-binding her over the holidays.

Close up of the machine quilted straight-line details on the Plus Infinity quilt featuring the Heartland fabric collection. See more on the blog. #quilting #machinequilted

And this cute label? This was leftover from the test blocks I made while finalizing the pattern. You never know when those orphan blocks will come in handy! Here’s a quick tutorial on how to make your own quilt labels.

Materials Used

  • Heartland Grey Scandi Plane by Pat Bravo for Art GalleryFabrics 
  • Heartland Pine Unn Cross by Pat Bravo for Art GalleryFabrics 
  • Heartland Scandi Plane Baltic by Pat Bravo for Art GalleryFabrics
  • Heartland Silver Unn Cross by Pat Bravo for Art GalleryFabrics 
  • Heartland Ochre Unn Cross by Pat Bravo for Art GalleryFabrics 
  • Heartland Burst Droppar by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics  
  • Heartland Droppar Moondust by Pat Bravo for Art GalleryFabrics 
  • Heartland Hus Hoot Gra by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics  
  • Heartland Pinetre Fog by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics 
  • Heartland Carbon by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics  
  • Heartland Shadow by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics  
  • Art Gallery Fabrics Prisma Elements in Marble Shadow  
  • Art Gallery Fabrics Prisma Elements in Matte Zirconia  
  • Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Elements in Spruce  
  • Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Elements in Tender Green  
  • Aurifil 50wt #2021
  • Clover Hera marker 

What’s particularly fab about this colourway is that Pips blends in with the fabrics! Less evidence of all that fur that will 100% end up ALL over the quilt!!

Pips stretching on the Plus Infinity Quilt featuring the Heartland fabric collection for a Scandinavian inspired vibe. See more on the blog. #quilting #catsonquilts #quilters #quiltpattern

Whether you go with all solids or prints, there are so many opportunities to bring your own flare to this modern quilt pattern. Get the Plus Infinity quilt pattern and make one for a loved one. Just know that the hardest part will be parting with her 😉

Happy quilting!

xo

Shannon

PS Adding this pretty to Finish it up Friday hosted by Crazy Mom Quilts and knocking it off my Q1 2018 FAL list!


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  1. Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl says

    March 30, 2018 at 10:35 pm

    I do love how fabric selections can change a quilt design so completely! I hope your husband is thrilled with his quilt… or has Pips claimed it?? 🙂

    Reply
    • Shannon says

      March 30, 2018 at 10:45 pm

      Hahaha – you know Pips well! Pips has hands down enjoyed more snuggles with this quilt than anyone else #quilthog 😉

      Reply
  2. Izzy says

    March 31, 2018 at 11:36 am

    I really like this version – the colours are fabulous and your quilting is just perfect for it.

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    • Shannon says

      March 31, 2018 at 1:00 pm

      Thanks, Izzy! This one definitely has a Scandinavian design vibe to it with those softer tones! Thrilled you like it!

      Reply

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