Our Jawbreaker Quilt Pattern has been one of my personal favorites for years! I am excited to show you this gorgeous, soft yet happy Jawbreaker quilt today.
The Jawbreaker Quilt Pattern includes 4 sizes along with 3 different design options. We decided to make the Large Throw that finishes at 64" x 80" and uses the Meandering Geese design option. This design option has you "snake" the outside flying geese up and down the columns and across the entire quilt to create fun visual color movement. And one of the fun twists on a classic flying geese is that the inside of each flying geese is strip pieced before you even start making the flying geese. It adds a little touch of fun and patchwork!
For our color palette, I wanted to use the solids we had on hand to create a soothing yet colorful soft rainbow. We named this palette Sprinkles. The fabric used in the inside flying geese are a white and a natural - it is very low contrast which adds to the softness of the final design while still giving your eye something to figure out. All of the fabrics we used are Bella Solids.
You can see the 14 FQs stacked in the color order we will arrange them in the quilt design and the two larger cuts of yardage used for the inside flying geese. Here is a visual mock up of what we were shooting for.
I just love flying geese so much.
We cut out all of our fabric and then started with strip piecing our inside flying geese units.
The contrast is so low but it is really beautiful and I love using soft neutrals while still playing with contrast.
Once this sewing section is finished, the construction of flying geese starts! And it is the one section I forgot to photograph. So, boom! Here are all the finished flying geese.
YUMMY YUMMY, look at the soft color gradient?! IT IS SO GOOD. No wonder we named it Sprinkles!! I love it so much.
We assemble all the flying geese into columns, not rows. And the best part, you just sew sew sew and don't worry about pressing any seams until all the columns are done.
There is nothing I love more than fabric ribbons. They are so satisfying to look at and these make me so happy. So once all the columns are ready, you press all the seams in one column the same direction and then the column next to it goes the other direction. Will it blow your mind if I told you we didn't use any pins during this step?! All the seams nest and not using my pins is my version of winning.
This quilt was made during an incredibly prolific creative season we were having and it finally made it off to the quilters mid summer. I sent this quilt to Ashley of Hen House Quilting and she recommended the Malachite pantograph and it is perfect. For this quilt specifically, I wanted a pantograph that was NOT directional and had a softer line to it. We also chose white thread to keep the entire quilt feeling soft.
How spectacular is this quilting?! I love the subtle movement and texture the pantograph provides. I backed this quilt in a solid green fabric and bound it in a lovely thin stripped linen fabric from Fableism.
