Today is the beginning of the Kite Flight Quilt Along at Robert Kaufman Fabrics! Be sure to check out my guest post today on their blog, Swatch & Stitch. My new Kite Flight Quilt Pattern is available as a free download from their site (I’ll update once I have the link), and various bloggers will be sewing along with the fantastic new Skinny Strips which Robert Kaufman will be releasing soon.
Are you now wondering what exactly a skinny strip is?
They are like a Roll-up, but instead of 2.5″ strips, the strips are 1.5″ wide!
I made this entire rainbow Kite Flight Quilt out of them:
And I whipped up this baby quilt the other day with Superhero fabric and white skinny strips (I don’t think the mom-to-be sees my blog, so I think I’m safe to show it!):
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So, on to the quilt-along!
My Kite Flight Quilt pattern has two variations. You can use 1.5″ Skinny Strips, and a pattern is coming soon which uses 2.5″ roll-ups. As I said, I made the prism quilt with one white and one Kona Classic Skinny Strip set. I also made this neutral version from one Kona Neutrals Roll-up and yardage of Kona Bluegrass (one of their new colors):
(Yes, it will be quilted soon!)
This time, I am making a quilt for me to keep and I’ve decided to use a Kona White Roll-up, a Kona Classic Roll-up, Extra-wide Spot on for the back, and I am also throwing in some text print fabrics and a few other Kona colors.
Please check back to see my progress and you can follow the quilt-along on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook by searching for #kiteflight and #skinnystrips. If you decide to join in, be sure to hashtag your photos, or just email a photo, if you aren’t on social networks!
Looks like fun. I love your superhero quilt too.
What a cute superhero quilt! And I absolutely love the quilt you are making for the QAL. Perfect fabrics!
I love love love the super hero quilt! How adorable is that!
Congrats!! That is so awesome! I’ll be checking back for the QAL. I love the idea of the white skinny strips for sashing/borders!! Awesome!!
Superhero quilt is AWESOME! Will need to get that fabric!
yay!! i’m so excited to get started on mine 🙂 great pattern!
Congratulations, how exciting!! I LOVE the fabrics you’ve chosen! Gooooorgeous arrangement.
How exciting! Congrats on the pairing of your ideas and great fabric. Sounds like fun.
Wow, it is all so exciting! Absolutely love your quilts and strips. Will be watching your progress…
Ooh! I’m new to all this, but I’ve been looking for a QAL that really interests me and this is it! Excited to get started : ) What a great pattern!
Looks fabulous!
Can you tell me how much fabric you used for the superhero quilt? I would like to make one similar and am unsure what exactly to order. Thanks!
Hi, Please could you tell me where I can find the fabrics for the kite flight quilt in bright colours, the red one. I would need international shipping as I am not in USA.
many thanks
Stunning!!
This is a lovely quilt and I can hardly wait to get to putting the colors together and stitching it up!
Thanks so much for the pattern!!