Kim Andersson of I Adore Pattern has her first line of quilting cotton, Tidal Lace, debuting with Windham Fabrics this fall. I met Kim a few years back on a sewing weekend and our paths crossed again last fall at Quilt Market. I was incredibly flattered that she asked me to make something from her fabrics – what a treat!
The Tidal Lace collection is inspired by Kim's childhood experience in her grandmother's ballet shop, among trims and lace, along side her memories of tidal pools and the interesting bits of life they hold. The prints are whimisical and fresh, with soft color story that includes blues, greens, corals and soft golds. They vary in size from small scale to a larger border print – one which is printed in an ombre green on white. Gorgeous! There are a handful of solids that compliment the prints, as well, making them even more versatile to sew with.
When I saw the Tidal Lace collection, I knew that I wanted to make a quilt. I immediately thought of the traditional ocean wave block and could not get past it. Instead of making the quilt in the traditional manner, I decided to take my inspiration from that pattern and make something of my own. I played with smaller triangle on a larger wave, without the rigid structure of the traditional block. The result is the Tidal Wave quilt.
Made of all the prints and solids from Tidal Lace, the Tidal Wave quilt is made from half square triangles floating on a large, navy ground. Quilted with straight lines, it's very simple and straightforward. It's easy to put together and will be released as a free pattern by me in January. I used my Accuquilt Go! for a lot of the cutting and the instructions will include how to use it as well as traditional cutting instructions.
Be sure to check out all of the other goodies made from Tidal Lace in the collection's lookbook and on the rest of the stops of the blog hop:
Mon 15th Sept:
Windham Fabrics
Kim Andersson : I Adore Pattern
Tues 16th Sept:
Erin Harris : House on Hill Road
Amy Gunson : Badskirt
Cath Mosley on Instagram
Wed 17th Sept:
Anne Sullivan : Play Crafts
Stacey Day : Stacey In Stitches
Thurs 18th Sept:
Adrianne Ove : Little Bluebell
Terri Carpenter : The Quilted Fox
Friday 19th Sept:
See How We Sew
Amanda Hohnstreiter : My Sewcial Hour
Sat 20th Sept:
Ann Haley : Sew Messy
Madeleine Roberg : Domestic Strata
Sunday 21st Sept:
Cal Patch : Hodge Podge Farm
Rebecca Ringquist : Drop Cloth
Monday 22nd Sept:
Alicia Wietholter : Swoon Patterns
Stacey Sharman : Peppermint Pinwheels
Tuesday 23rd Sept:
Jen Carlton Bailly : Bettycrockerass
Miriam Blaich : The Berlin Quilter
AND….lucky you! Windham is generously offering a fat quarter bundle of Tidal Lace to one of my readers. This is open to US and International readers. Woot! To throw your name in the hat, please comment on this post and tell me what you would make with Tidal Lace. I'll close the comments on Sunday, September 21st at 5:00 p.m. EST. Good luck!
I so desperately want to make a quilt, but I need baby steps and hand-holding to get there. I would absolutely love making your quilt…it is gorgeous! I am an ocean person and would love to make some placemats and napkins for summer. I could be successful with that level of project. And maybe a table runner or table cloth. The fabric collection is wonderful!
I’d love to make a quilt with these gorgeous fabrics. But now I want Darla to make a quilt! You can do it, Darla!
Beautiful fabric. I’d make a quilt for sure. Not sure what pattern I would need to see it first.
I would definitely make a quilt out of it! It’s so pretty!
I would use it to make bed curtains for my daughters’ bunkbeds.
Il ove that quilt it is wonderful!!! I would make a quilt, not sure the pattern. I would need to get my hands on it to figure that out 🙂
Erin I would make your quilt pattern coming out January.
I’d make a new quilt for my DD’s new bed, definitely. And some matching starfish pillows too. Yum!
I love this line. I need them for a project for my husbands office with is nautical themed.
I live near Lake Michigan — we don’t have tides or tidal pools, but I’d love to make a quilt with these fabrics and a “lake effect.”
I would make a scrappy ocean quilt.
Oh, such a beautiful fabric line! I would make a quilt. Not sure what pattern, but I love the blue background you used for yours and would probably use a different pattern but the same color scheme, just to be different. Your quilt is stunning!
that’s a gorgeous quilt! I’d use it to make a quilt for my living room as the colour scheme would fit perfectly. I have no idea what pattern I’d use, though I do love a good HST!
HI,beautiful quilt!
I think I’d make a new quilt for our bedroom!
Thanks for sharing!
Erin – that quilt is gorgeous! Love what you did and looking forward to the pattern coming out.
Gorgeous quilt! I’m really loving navy right now! I would make the quilt with the beach balls to use as a beach blanket. It’s so perfect!!
Beautiful quilt! I would make a quilt for our home.
Your Tidal Wave quilt is beautiful! I would love to make a quilt with these pretty fabrics. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would make a baby quilt for my first grandchild living in Florida. Combination of lace and tidalwave themes are perfect for a Floridian granddaughter!
Those bright but faded colors are really interesting
Most definitely a quilt! Love yours and the fabrics!
I’d love to make a baby quilt. Love your quilt.
I would make some new cushions/table runner for my patio furniture with it. Thanks!
Quilt! Other half wants to get a camper van and this would be fab for days out at the beach!
Ohh…I think a small lap quilt would be delightful!
Such gorgeous fabrics! My son is off to university and I will actually have some free time. Am looking forward to doing some work on creativity and color theory. And bringing my computer skills up to 21st century levels! Those fabrics would make a splendid baby quilt for a certain baby coming in December.
I love the colors in this collection! And I’m a huge fan of Oceania inspired prints. I would make a quilt for my daughter.
Thanks Erin, Love the colours and patterns in this collection…and would absolutely love to make your quilt, (thank you so much for making the pattern available) however my grand daughter is obsessed with starfish at the moment so I think a first project would be the starfish pillow and hair decorations.
I would love to make a plus quilt with this fabric. Thanks for the opportunity. Your quilt is awesome!
As a diver, I’d love a quilt made of these prints!
These would be perfect to sew new make up bags for all the teen girls in our family for Christmas! Thanks for the chance!
This collection reminds me of Cape Cod and I would love to make a year-round quilt to remind us of our wonderful time spent there!
First of all, I’d like to say your “Tidal Wave” quilt is simply beautiful. Not sure if I would make a tote or a quilt,
but it would be fun working with this delicious collection from Kim Andersson. Thanks for this offer.
These are so lovely — the shades and designs just scrumptious! I would love to make a delightful little girl’s dress from these–so summery and fun!
What a lovely collection and i love your quilt so much i think I’d make a quilt as well.
I really like the quilt you have designed! I would also make a quilt, and these colors would coordinate well with my bedroom.
I would totally make a quilt with this. I have been loving the dark blues and coral colours for a while a I love seeing them together!
I would make a quilt for spring, when it is the best time to go for walks on the beach.
Love these fabrics…would make a great Throw for our Family Room…or maybe a cooool Tote..for ME! lol
Love your quilt and that’s what I would make with these, a quilt!
I would love to make a really big tote bag
These fabrics are beautiful! I would make a quilt.
I love your quilt. It makes me think of soaring seabirds. The design and colors and quilting compliment each other perfectly! It’s elegant and joyful and serene all at the same time. Thanks for sharing! I would definitely use this line in a quilt too. I’m not sure what design yet.
what an absolutely stunning quilt – you really have showed off the fabrics so well. I would love to make a beach picnic blanket.
I love Down by the Sea quilt that was made with this collection..and am hoping to make that. Thanks
I’d make a picnic blanket to have picnics and pretend I am on a daytrip to the seaside.
Love the line. I would make a throw for my sofa.
A quilt for my Mom who is retiring to the beach! Gorgeous colors and your quilt is lovely.
Erin, I love the fabrics and your new design. I also like your triangular quilt label on the back.
Oops! Forgot to tell you what I’d make…. A baby quilt for my 3rd grandchild …due in April!
a skirt or dress for one of my daughters, maybe a doll, fabric dollhouse. hard to decide. thanks so much! beautiful fabric.
never made a quilt so maybe I’d attempt that or capes, pillow covers, bags, the list could go on and on:)
wow!! beautiful colors! so many possibilities, many thanks
Thanks for the giveaway. I really like this fabric and I think a summer quilt would be awesome!
Your ocean waves quilt is a beauty. I would make a quilt with these fabulous fabrics. Thank you for the chance to win.
I’d like to make a set of pillows for our small island house.
Those Shimmer prints are really growing on me. Some kind of quilt would happen here.
Beautiful quilt! I would make a quilt too! Such lovely fabrics!
I would make a light weight summer throw to remind me of our beach trips.
Erin, I LOVE what you did with the fabric selection. LOVE.
What beautiful colours! I would make a baby quilt for my little one, due in March. 🙂
I would make a phone wallet!
I’d love to have this fabric. I would make a quilt and redecorate our florida condo around it. It came furnished but not to my own personal taste. I really could envision this being my home.
I want to make a baby quilt with these fabrics, which seem so delicate, and yet are so detailed with a coastal feel. But — I just saw the adorable pincushions made from Tidal, and I will certainly have to make those too! Love your quilt – simple and elegant.
I want to make a baby quilt with these fabrics, which seem so delicate, and yet are so detailed with a coastal feel. But — I just saw the adorable pincushions made from Tidal, and I will certainly have to make those too! Love your quilt – simple and elegant.
I want to make a baby quilt with these fabrics, which seem so delicate, and yet are so detailed with a coastal feel. But — I just saw the adorable pincushions made from Tidal, and I will certainly have to make those too! Love your quilt – simple and elegant.
I want to make a baby quilt with these fabrics, which seem so delicate, and yet are so detailed with a coastal feel. But — I just saw the adorable pincushions made from Tidal, and I will certainly have to make those too! Love your quilt – simple and elegant.
I want to make a baby quilt with these fabrics, which seem so delicate, and yet are so detailed with a coastal feel. But — I just saw the adorable pincushions made from Tidal, and I will certainly have to make those too! Love your quilt – simple and elegant.
I want to make a baby quilt with these fabrics, which seem so delicate, and yet are so detailed with a coastal feel. But — I just saw the adorable pincushions made from Tidal, and I will certainly have to make those too! Love your quilt – simple and elegant.
I would love to make the sea star pillows Kim made on her post, i love them!
I’d love to patchwork these I to a twin size quilt for my toddler. They seem very much “her” style.
Erin that quilt is stunning! I love that shade of blue you chose – just perfect.
Lovely fabrics! I really like your idea for a quilt–half-square triangles on a sea of blue–what a great idea!
Love the collection and your quilt. I would make a lap quilt.
I would use the starfish prints for a summer bag! I would lvoe to use some of the blues in a quilt I am planning for my porch. Oh- and some starfish pillows Kim shared on her post– love those! Thanks!
The pattern you chose was so perfect, how could we improve on that idea.
I would make a quilt!!! Beautiful fabric
Stunning kwilt. Not sure what I would make. Sometimes I have to wait til the fabric tells me!
I would love to make some cushions covers! Thank you!
I would like to make a quilt for my sunroom.
I would love to make a quilt that looks just like yours. This would be a lovely way to use this fabric.
I would make a quilt to throw on the back of my loveseat. The fabrics are lovely! Thanks for the chance to win.
My granddaughter would love a quilt with this colorway.
I would use it to make my grand a quilt
I would make some quilted pillows for my living room!
These have my mother in laws name all over them, so I’d make something for her. I’ve been meaning to start on my christmas shopping and sewing, so this would be great!
Beautiful!!! I’d love to sew a quilt to celebrate our family’s many trips o the beach this summer. This fabric would be perfect for that. Thanks for the chance to win!
With the FQ bundle i’d make a quilt, but I’d live to make a dress with Shimmer.
What a great quilt – I love HST’s!
I’d make a picnic quilt!
Thank you for great giveaway. I log ego see different hints made with the same fabric as it shows how versatile it is. I would love to make some cushions if I won. x
A quilt for my girlfriend who has a love of all things coastal!
Beautiful fabric line… Love the soft and fresh colors and prints!!! I think this fabric would look amazing in a quilt!
I love your take on the ocean waves pattern – the background really makes the pattern pop. I think I’d make a quilt.something a bit like yours. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would make pillow covers 🙂
Nice quilt. I would make a lap quilt for my sister-in-law who I will be visiting in November that I haven’t seen in about 8 years!
When I was a little girl and lived in Chicago, my parents would take me to Lake Michigan quite often during the summer, and I have many fond memories and pictures of that time in my life. These fabrics are a reminder of those times and I would like to thank you for the opportunity to possibly win this giveaway.
I think a summer throw that makes me feel like I’m at the ocean each time I use it.
I’d make a quilt for me! Thanks for the chance!
I’d love to make a quilt with it 🙂 love yours btw!
I would save it for when you pattern comes out. I love the HST’s, and how they are dancing across the quilt like waves =) It would make a great couch quilt!
Love your quilt! The colors in this collection are amazing. I would live to make a quilt of my own with it.
I would love to make a baby quilt – my sister and friend are both expecting babies soon, think these fabrics would make beautiful baby quilts for boys or girls! Thanks for the chance to win!
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So soft, yet not too much. There isn’t anything I like to make as much as a quilt. Thanks.
I love this color palette and fabric designs in this collection. I would definitely make a quilt and I really like the one you made. Striking. I need a quilt design for my teenage college bound nephew. This would work.
What would I not make? Tunics, skirts, quilts, lunch sack — it would all be happy and yummy!
This fabric would make great tote bags. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to make a quilt for my bedroom… the colors are so
pretty.
Beautiful fabric, I would love to make a quilt or two from everything I’ve seen! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
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I think I would like to make a quilt for my son. Most of the colors in this bundle would fit in perfectly with the color of paint on his walls.
I would definitely make a quilt. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to make a quilt I have a list of friends who have requested a handmade quilt
I love the floating triangles esp with the dark blue background. I like something different from the usual black or white
I’m in a big baby quilt phase these days – good size and scale for me to work on plus lots of babies in the air. LOVE LOVE these colors and maybe I’ll finally be brave enough to try make something simple and try machine quilting!
Blue is the favorite color of all my family members, except me (!) so it’s easy to please them with a quilt made from these lovely fabics and one of the quilts designed with the fabrics. I really like the one representing the ocean. It’s slowly rolling curves and cool colors are so serene.
These fabrics would make a beautiful Weekender Bag to take to the beach!
For sure I would make a lap quilt for my sofa — the colors are so beautiful. I give so many things away, for once I should keep something I’ve made.
o how wonderful, I’m reminded of our once home at the new england coast… a quilt it would become…
I’m new to the quilting scene… make that, I am new to the sewing scene!! But these prints inspire 🙂 I’d love to try my hand at a quilt that I can take to the beach for picnics.
Ooooooooh, pretty! I’d make a throw for our living room. 🙂
I would use these fabrics to embelish a chambray dress and a petticoat for my great neices, it would look great on the beach in the summer
What to make. What to make? Lots of friends having babies. Baby quilts! Maybe. 🙂
Your quilt is such an excellent example of a modern quilt! I am trying to do more along those lines, so I would use the fabric to create a modern quilt for myself! I give so many away, I never made one for me.
great quilt, Erin! and holy wow do I love that backing fabric!!
I would love to make a quilt for my friends who have a house at the beach.
I would absolutely make a quilt from these beautiful fabrics. Not sure what pattern but after I look at it for awhile, an idea would certainly come to mind.
I love your version of ocean waves, really beautiful with the fabrics.
I would definitely make a summer quilt and maybe a mix of pieced and appliqué.
Debbie
I love your version of ocean waves, really beautiful with the fabrics.
I would definitely make a summer quilt and maybe a mix of pieced and appliqué.
Debbie
I love your version of ocean waves, really beautiful with the fabrics.
I would definitely make a summer quilt and maybe a mix of pieced and appliqué.
Debbie
I love your version of ocean waves, really beautiful with the fabrics.
I would definitely make a summer quilt and maybe a mix of pieced and appliqué.
Debbie
I love your version of ocean waves, really beautiful with the fabrics.
I would definitely make a summer quilt and maybe a mix of pieced and appliqué.
Debbie
I love your version of ocean waves, really beautiful with the fabrics.
I would definitely make a summer quilt and maybe a mix of pieced and appliqué.
Debbie
Those would make a pretty baby quilt.
I would make one of the quilts in the look book. Love this collection and cannot wait for the patterns and fabric to be released.
It would be a quilt for my granddaughter lily. She is beautiful and the lovely fabrics would be perfect for her.
Lovely. I would make placemats and napkins.
Since I live on an island it would be wonderful to make a free form quilt depicting the feel of the waters( there are 3 rivers that swirl around this island) I would use all the colors in the bundle to do this. Then with some Boror stitching I would decorate the quilt. I have a new great grandson which would work out great for Christmas, Thanks for the chance to throw my name in, Diane
I’d make a simple patchwork quilt, just squares or triangles.
I would make a baby quilt for my baby boy.
I would make some beautiful bags out of this fabric. Thanks!
Your quilt is beautiful! I would love to try the Sea Star pillow and the hairclips from the Look Book for my daughters!
I would make a quilt that I could take for picnics on the beach when we go on vacations.