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A fun project I have been working on for the last few weeks is an Ombre Mountains Queen quilt using Alaska-inspired colors! This quilt was made for a friend of mine who - you guessed it - lives in Alaska. I find making personalized quilts for people you care about makes the time and energy of making the quilt so much more fun and worthwhile - especially when they send pictures of their quilt displayed in their home.
These fabrics are from the Shades collection by Riley Blake Designs. I will share the names of each fabric I used below in case you want to make this version of Ombre Mountains on your own!
The Ombre Mountains quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
The Ombre Mountains Pattern
Ombre Mountains is a stunning, gradating ombre quilt design that goes together quickly with simple piecing. I love this pattern so much! You can get as bold and creative as you want with this design. You simply can't go wrong with this unique pattern.
Piece sizes vary by quilt size and increase as the quilt size increases. The design in this Queen quilt still shines even with the larger block size which make the quilt go together more quickly.
The Throw size uses (13) 1/2-yard cuts and (1) 1/4-yard cut for the top fabric, so it's easy to purchase fabric online without having to buy much extra. An additional bonus of so many colors requiring the same amount of fabric is you can decide on fabric order after you receive the fabric! Win-win!
6 Sizes Available
This quilt pattern includes all of the sizes - 6 in all - Baby, Lap, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King. And don't worry, you don't have to do any of the math to create the perfect size quilt for your project, it's all been done for you! The piece sizes vary for each quilt size.
This version of Ombre Mountains was made in the Queen size which measures approximately 95" x 97". It's the perfect size if you are looking for a large bed quilt.
The Ombre Mountains quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Beautiful Fabrics
The fabrics used are from the Shades fabric collection by Riley Blake Designs. I was inspired to create an Alaska-themed quilt for my friend and I felt like these colors really captured the heart of Alaska, from the lakes to the trees to the mountains, and the beautiful sky!
Below are the names of each fabric used in case you decide to make this version of Ombre Mountains on your own!
Fabric 1: Bleached Denim
Fabric 2: Boy Blue
Fabric 3: Snow:
Fabric 4: Granite
Fabric 5: Asphalt
Fabric 6: Midnight
Fabric 7: Nighttime
Fabric 8: Twilight
Fabric 9: Mountain Green
Fabric 10: Treetop
Fabric 11: Lettuce
Fabric 12: Coastal Blue
Fabric 13: Cobalt
Fabric 14: Celestial
All fabrics are available in this Etsy shop here. This is where I purchased the fabrics for this quilt. This quilt shop also carries a lot of wide backing from the Shades collection.
The wide backing used is Shabby in Nighttime by Riley Blake Designs. This fabric is similar to Shades, and it works with the Shades fabrics really well. I used the last of my stock for this quilt.
Longarm Machine Quilting
This quilt was made on my HandiQuilter Amara with ProStitcher in four different quilting designs and five thread colors. I did end up with a narrow area that wasn't quilted between some of the designs that I wasn't too excited about; I should have placed the designs closer together. The longarm quilting designs are listed and shown below.
The Ombre Mountains quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Clouds in Light Blue thread at the top of the quilt.
Mountain High in Gray and Navy thread for the mountains.
Night Forest in Brown thread for the trees.
Tempest in Blue Thread for the lakes.
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