"The King" - New Pattern!

I've had such a blast over the past few weeks creating my website, creating new patterns, and sewing them up!

I appreciate every one of you that have visited my site and subscribed to my emails! You're support and encouragement means absolutely everything to me!

I am so happy to share with you all "THE KING" - my newest FPP Pattern, AVAILABLE NOW!

CLICK HERE TO GET THE PATTERN:

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Here are some fun pictures of my process!

I started by figuring out what fabrics I wanted to use for this project. This pattern comes with fabric requirements and a color code system. I took a little square of each fabric and glued it to my color key so it was easy for me to tell which fabric was needed as i'm sewing.

Usually when I am sewing a pattern that is symmetrical, I sew both sides at the same time. But for this quilt I decided to sew one side at a time. Since I have the color coding system for this quilt, it made it so much easier. If i was usual scrap fabric, I would always do both sides at the same time to ensure I am using the same fabrics on both sides.

I find when I am sewing FPP, I make a huge mess! I am going to come up with a system to stay a bit more organized and tidy while I sew, but here's to the messy sewing club!

Once I had both sides finished, it was just one center seam left! When doing the center seam, I make sure to pin each point that needs to match, and I leave the pins in while sewing. I just go slowly over them as to not break my needle.

I was torn over What I wanted to do for the border. I have this gold fabric that has some gold glitter that I thought might be nice! But I was feeling like it pulled focus from the lion, plus the yellow was different enough that it didn't feel like it fit with this block.

I also have some wood grain fabric already cut into 5" strips. I like that it doesn't distract from the lion, and it also gives it a more rustic look. So this is what I went with.

AND TA-DA! He is done! I am so happy with how he turned out! He feels so powerful and regal. I cannot wait to get him quilted and hung up on my wall!

If you'd like to make this quilt, it is 50" x 50" (without the border) and the pattern can be found here:

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If you do make him, I would love to see! Tag me on social media @juliushandmade and be sure to use the hashtag #JULIUSHANDMADEQUILTS

Looking forward to the next project! Happy quilting everyone!

-Julius