Remember when I worked on things other than the Dragon Quilt of Doomity-Doom-Doom-Doom? Yah, me either.
But apparently I did, because I just finished the binding on my dad’s modified urban lattice quilt! It’s been washed and dried, and it has that awesome crinkly texture now.
The quilt is a modification of the Urban Lattice pattern by Me? A Mom? with a few changes based on things I liked from various versions posted in the Urban Lattice flickr group. The blocks are large–each diamond block is 24″ square. I made the 12″ units (1/4 of the diamond) using 12″ scrapbook paper, so I knew I was starting with a perfect square, and I didn’t have to tape printer paper together which I will go out of my way to avoid. The scrapbooking paper a bit thicker, which made it rip off a bit easier, but I did have to modify my tension quite a bit while I was sewing.
After the Christmas crazy, I’ll post the measurements I used for my pattern in case you’d like to make your own!
The colors were chosen loosely by my dad.
Me: “I know you want blue. Do you just want typical dude colors?”
Dad: “Not necessarily!”
Me: “Oh, okay. What other colors would you like?”
Dad: “Some greens and maybe browns?”
Me: “So, typical dude colors.”
So going from that, I started with the navy.Β I love navy in general, but I also love how navy gives a masculine feel to a quilt, so starting with that was a no-brainer. I went with sky blue, lime and a range of browns for the prints because I liked how they played with the navy. The lattice is Kona Cream, which gave the contrast I wanted, but felt warmer and less stark than white.
The back is two of the new Konas, Kona Storm (darker of the two) and Kona Prussian. I used scraps from the front to make the HSTs on the back.
The quilting is done by Bonnie @ FabricHart. I really love the designs she chose! She did waves in the navy blue area, and suns in each of the diamonds. The quilt is a gift for my dad who loves traveling, but spends most of his time on the west coast, so the sun and sea is particularly fitting.
My dad’s watched some of the progress of this quilt so it won’t be a huge surprise for him, but he was always terrible at surprises anyway. He was the type of person who could pick up his gift and suss out exactly what you got him just by squeezing and shaking it. We tried pie tins + marbles, rattles, shakers, and all sorts of crazy things when we were kids, but he’d still generally guess what it was. So now I don’t even try. That’s what you get, Dad! <3
Details:
Dimensions: 60″ x 72″
Fabrics: Many. The navy solids come from Kona, Cotton Couture, and Art Gallery.
Quilting: Bonnie Degase @ Fabric Hart
Binding: Interweave Chambray in Lagoon
My desire to use navy in every project: Not diminished
46 thoughts on “Finish: Modified Urban Lattice”
Very nice!!
Thanks Pat! Hopefully my dad enjoys it. π
OMG, it’s so AWESOME. You’ve made me appreciate navy (and that’s huge). π
Yes!! My work here is done! π I have a serious navy problem, and I’m happy to share the love/misery/problem. π
Loved watching the evolution of this quilt – your dad is going to adore and treasure it.
Thank you for your help in removing all that paper! π I can’t wait to give it to him! He’s see the plan and bits and pieces of it, but I don’t think he’s seen the full reveal. Maybe he’ll stop stealing my mom’s lap quilt now. π
I’m on your navy bandwagon now. Nice binding!
Excellent! The navy army is growing! ^_^ I’m pretty happy with the binding, although I really was looking for a really juicy lime color. They were all too yellow or too blue. I’m not PICKY or anything, though. π
Really beautiful. I’m a huge navy fan myself and I love how it works with the colours you have chosen.
Yay! Another navy lover! π It’s such a great (and under-appreciated) neutral. At our guild meetings, when someone holds up a quilt, I instinctively gasp and say “I love that navy fabric!” and everyone says “OF COURSE YOU DO.” lol
This is not a pattern that I would normally gravitate to (I don’t know why), but I really love what you did with it. I think maybe I expect it to be pretty boring, and you’ve made it practically (!) exciting with the several shades of navy and the one print thrown in there with all the solids. It turned out really lovely and still dadish. I’ve always liked Modern Meadow and those stand out nicely to my eye. The back is wonderful, with the Storm and Prussian looking so nice together.
Modern meadow is in my top 5 (possibly top?) favorite lines of all time. So much great stuff in there, with the colors and the prints. Love everything about it.
I wasn’t drawn to the original pattern, but I saw enough variations of it go through my flickr feed that I started to get a feel for what you could do with it. And that’s what put it on the list to be made! It’s definitely one of those quilts where the components are boring looking, and the magic doesn’t happen until you put them together!
Kona Storm might be my new favorite navy. π It’s got a lot of depth in person.
Just gorgeous!! I’m so with you on navy – still cannot get enough of it! Merry Christmas to your dad π
Thank you, Alyce! π I’m glad I’m not the only navy lover out there! I keep thinking “okay, this project will quell my navy needs” but no, it sneaks into almost everything. π
Merry Christmas to you and your family, as well!
I too want to use navy, this quilt is stunning and in part that is the navy I think. What a great present for your dad.
Thanks so much, Leanne! The navy definitely makes this quilt dramatic, if nothing else. π But I’m really happy with how it works for a dad quilt. π
Wonderful finish! I love the colors, especially the navy.
Thanks so much, Jen! The quilt was built around the navy–it definitely got first billing. lol I can’t wait to give it to my dad!
This turned out great! I love how you posted the convo between you and your dad – it definitely made me laugh because I know how that conversation goes.
Haha thank you! π After I said that he said “Any colors are fine!” as if dude colors were a bad thing. π I told him in that case, I was going to make him a quilt in pinks and purples. π
I love my dad, he’s so much fun! I’m happy I finally got to make a quilt for him. π
Wow, what a great quilt. I love the blues, greens and browns together. The kona storm looks divine. A wonderful Christmas present for your Dad.
Thank you Jolanda!
Kona storm is a gorgeous navy in person. It’s got a lot of depth to it, and might be my new favorite navy solid. π
I can’t wait to gift this to my dad! It means he can stop stealing my mom’s lap quilt all the time. π
lovely! Cracking up at the guy colours thing π
Thanks Charlotte! <3
What I didn't post is that after that bit of conversation, he said "Fine. It can be any color! I don't really mind."
So I told him it was going to be in pinks and purples. Now isn't HE going to be surprised! π
I love your finished quilt. A Dad’s response to colour seems to be universal – my dad had to pick colours for a quilt he’d asked me to make for a friend of his I’d never met: “Well, she wears a lot of scarves” – scarf is not a colour, Dad! I’m sure you’re dad will love it!
HAhAHAhaahahahahah I love that. “Scarf is not a colour!” Seriously, right?!? I’ve had one guy ask me for a quilt that didn’t involve blue, and I was shocked. Although he’s from Europe, and color preferences are a cultural thing, so maybe that had something to do with it. π Did you ever find out what colors scarf-wearer liked? π
Beautiful! I’m sure your dad will love it. Navy was the perfect choice – warm and masculine at the same time. Great finish!
Thanks so much! My dad’s seen the original plan, so I’m pretty confident he will like it, although there’s always a difference in the illustration vs the real thing. π
It turned out beautiful! He will love it surprise or not! I am in love with all the blue!
Thanks Jayne! π He’s seen the original plan, but there’s definitely a difference between a drawing and the final quilt, so I’m sure there will be some surprise there, regardless. But I’m also pretty confident he’ll like it since he liked the original plan! And now he can stop stealing my mom’s lap quilt all the time!
love it! Hear you on the taping… which is why, even though I have the fabric washed, I have yet to make more PJ pants… I can’t make myself go through with it again (even though I printed it lol)
OMG that pattern. LOL I may never make PJ pants because I can’t bring myself to do that again. That was just insane. lol HAHAhahaah Sorry I can’t stop laughing thinking about everything about that class. That was such a riot!
Just utterly lovely! My desire to use navy more: exponentially increased.
EEeeexcccccellllenttttt. My plans have come to fruition! *does that evil hand thing*
*buys stock in navy fabrics*
I might be a bit insane today.
Soooo soooo luxe! For for a king or a dad!
Awww, thank you!! My dad is kinda like a king. Of dorks. Which is what our family is. So it totally works. π I can’t wait to gift it to him!!
What a striking combination of colors and design. Well done.
Thank you Vera! It was fun to work with such bold colors. π
Absolutely love any shade of blue in almost anything – this is just wonderful! Will look for your updated pattern measurements to be posted before I start my own quilt.
Thank you for the reminder! I’ve added it to my blog post list. π Hopefully I can find where I wrote down the measurements. o.O Otherwise it will have to wait until I see my dad again and I’ll bring a ruler. π
I love this quilt and have all my fabric purchased. Were you able to get the measurements?
Hi Karen!
I thought I was going to have to say no to this because I lost my template a while ago, but then I remembered I drew it in Illustrator so I still have all the measurements there! YAY!!
I used a 12″ square piece of scrapbooking paper, and added a .25″ seam around all 4 sides when I trimmed it down. As for the lines, starting at one corner:
4″ from corner
.25″ from line
3.75″ from next line
1″ from next line
3.75″ from next line
.25″ from next line
(should be 4″ from other corner)
When you’re actually drawing it out, there’s some modifications you need to do since when you use scrapbooking paper you don’t use it quite the same as paper-piecing with see-through paper. Instead of sewing on the lines, you’re lining up the edge of the fabric to the line and sewing .25″ from that. I forget how that changes it (I think the center part was 1.5″ drawn instead of the 1″ mentioned here) and then I modified out from that, but it’s been a while and I would definitely suggest double checking. π
That was all probably terribly confusing. I’m emailing the .pdf if you end up just wanting to print them out some other way and paper-piecing like normal.
Thanks you for all the information I’m going to make a sample block and I’ll let you know how it comes out.
Have you had a chance to play yet? π How did it come out?! I’m excited to see your version! π
I will next week and I will keep you posted.
Awesome, thank you! π