February 22, 2019

Into the Woods - Cascade Quilt Pattern

Green is one of my all time favorite colors. And leaves are one of my favorite design elements. I use leafy themes in my home. I take tons of leaf photographs. I use leafy fabric in my quilts. Today I'd like to share one of my leafy quilts with you.


Into the Woods was finished last year. I used the Cascade quilt pattern which is the most popular of my patterns. You can find it in my Etsy shop or the new Blueprint shop site (formerly Craftsy)

I wanted a woodsy feeling of light filtering through trees so I arranged the values with most of the lighter prints in the center.


Looking at the prints in black and white really helped with this.


Once the leafy prints were positioned, I added browns and greens to elude to the tree trunks. Again placing most of the darker values to the outside edges. An allover leafy quilting pattern finished it off.


Leftover bonus half square triangles from the front were pieced together into a long strip for the back. The green on the back isn't quite as bright/yellow as this photo shows.


I couldn't be happier with the final result. Into the Woods lives on the back of my couch in our family room and works beautifully with the other leafy decor in the room.

I'd like to leave you with a few recent photos of the original Cascade quilt featured in the pattern. The colors have always reminded me of Monet so what better place to take a few photos than the Monet Garden at Denver's Hudson Gardens.



And lastly, this photo taken a few years ago in the Colorado mountains which really shows off the true colors of the quilt.


One of these days I'd love to get a good photo of Cascade with a waterfall given the quilt name. A lovely tropical waterfall would be perfect but they're a little hard to come by here in Colorado.  : )

Happy quilting to you . . .

It's been ages since I've joined any linky parties so I'm linking up with Wendy and the Peacock Party and Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday.

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13 comments:

  1. Your black placements have really achieved a luminous glow in the center, which is something we don’t often think about. It’s almost like a light in the forest.

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  2. So pretty! I really admire the thoughtfulness you put into this. I also really appreciate you explaining it, that is so helpful! I need to work on that part of my quilting. Thank you!

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  3. What a beautiful green and leafy themed quilt! I love the bonus triangle piecing on the back of it too. The photography on those last few pictures is spectacular!

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  4. Your Cascade pattern is gorgeous in both of these color schemes! I can't decide which one I prefer. The luminous center on the first one is great, and I love the bits of cool blues and purples in the second one. Yummy eye candy, both of them :)

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  5. Both versions of the Cascade pattern are gorgeous Anne! I've always loved and admired the original quilt and the latest one has that sparkle you have so cleverly created!

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  6. So beautiful! I love both versions of your Cascade quilt, but have to admit that the last photo makes my quilty heart beat faster--it's really stunning!

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  7. Both are just wonderful. I love the way you achieved the filtered light idea by using the light fabrics. So pretty!

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  8. I love your green version of Cascade Anne! I fell for your pattern when I first saw it and purchased from you, the colours in your original were a huge drawcard for me. I made a large quilt for my grand-daughter using this pattern, thoroughly enjoyed the process and will definitely be making another one - soon I hope.

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  9. Oh my yes! You definitely got it right with these greens, and the way you placed the mediums and lights. Just perfect. This is a good reminder to take advantage of a digital camera/phone camera to look at a quilt devoid of color. This is such a great pattern! I'm glad you put it to use when you finished. That makes making even more worthwhile.

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  10. I love the colors in the new quilt, the greens go perfectly with the location you chose to take the picture.

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  11. So pretty! The colors are wonderful.:)

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  12. Love how you made your quilt glow from the middle out! And those bridge photos are stunning!

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  13. Thank you! I am currently working on a commission of this pattern, in white with little mint green triangles. it is ho hum even for a little baby quilt. I think adding other triangles to the outer edges in darker mint, and some grey (the other color they requested) will make this baby quilt sing. Thank you for the inspiration! I love your luminosity.

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