In October 2024, Fableism launched their Swedish Holiday fabric line, a gorgeous collab with The House That Lars Built, and It. Was. STUNNING.
The line included 15 gorgeous woven fabrics in the happiest palette. We knew we needed our hands on these fabrics the second we saw them. We decided we really wanted to use these fabrics in a Meadow Star quilt, and picked five Bella Solids to add to the palette to create a 20 FQ bundle, which would make a Large Throw size and finish at 64" x 80".
Left to right (top to bottom) in the following photos:
- Hilde Floral - Goldenrod
- Plaid - Goldenrod
- Karin Floral - Goldenrod
- Bella Solid - Sisters Pink
- Plaid - Midsommar
- Bella Solids - Ruby Ice
- Maja Stripe - Midsommar
- Bella Solids - Rose
- Astrid Weave - Pink-Red
- Hilde Floral - Pink
- Astrid Weave - Red
- Bella Solids - Nectar
- Carl Weave - Olive
- Karin Floral - Olive
- Stripe - Licorice
- Astrid Weave - Licorice
- Bella Solids - Cornflower
- Karin Floral - Cobalt
- Astrid Weave - Cobalt
- Plaid - Cob-Red
The next decision we had to make was our background fabric. In a Meadow Star, there isn't much background fabric, so we want to think carefully about what we use. We cycled through light colors, neutrals, and deeply saturated colors, and finally landed on this gorgeous deep blue Nocturne Chambray in Cosmos from Fableism.
Because we were working with so many wovens, we decided to take the time to starch all the fabric before cutting it. While plenty of quilters make this a part of their regular fabric prep, we do not. But sewing woven to woven, it felt important to stabilize the fabric so when sewn together, it wouldn't shift and warp as much. Once that step was done, we were able to cut all of our fabric...
...and then mix + match our block piles!
Meadow Star blocks come together so fast. We worked four or five at a time to chain piece, and despite the star in the center of each blocks, there aren't actually any points to match. So these really just fly by.
As these blocks came together, we just could not get over this line of fabric. IT IS SO SOFT. The graphic nature of these prints were so fun in a Meadow Star, and the five solids we added helped to give the overall look a moment of calm, something to rest your eyes on throughout the quilt top.
We finished up our twenty blocks and got them on the design wall as quick as we could. It took a bit to get to our final layout, but we loved seeing them all come together.
The key to assembling a Meadow Star top is pins pins and more pins, ESPECIALLY when working with this many wovens. Pins help keep all of our seams all neat and tidy and lined up, and then everything goes together like a dream. (Need a place to keep all of those pins? We have just a few of these Grabbit Magnetic Pincushions left in the shop!)
And with all that pinning, and all that stitching...
And that was that for our Swedish Holiday Meadow Star, until Summer 2026 when this quilt came up in the rotation to get quilted and bound and have her day in the sun (i.e. a photo shoot at our new studio).
Emily at So Sunny Quilts quilted the Coneflower pantograph into this Meadow Star, using a bronze thread. We backed it in Kona Sassy Pink and bound it in Carolina Gingham 1/4".
And there she is! This is one where the pictures are really only doing the finished product half as much justice as she deserves, because the weight of this quilt is so delicious. The wovens, the quilting...it's yummy, yummy, yummy.
Happy sewing!