It’s another nerdy quilt celebrating lab equipment! This quilt is called Microscope Mania, and it’s all traditional piecing—no templates or paper piecing to fuss around with!
Microscope Mania
Get the PDF pattern here; paper patterns will be arriving later this month!
I chose Moda Grunge fabrics and a Robert Kaufman Essex sparkle linen for my quilt. It’s fat quarter friendly, and each fat quarter makes two microscopes.
The quilt comes in two sizes, twin and queen (the sample quilt above is the twin size). I also included cutting directions for a single block, in case you want to make a mini quilt or incorporate just a block or two into a larger quilt. Just add 2″ borders to create an easy mini!
For my large quilt, I wanted to come up with a background quilting design that would look like something that you’d see under the microscope. I eventually settled on squiggly lines that surround small irregular sections of pebbles. I ditch-stitched and added some straight lines on the microscopes themselves.
(This picture was taken before I buried all the quilting threads!)
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Quilt Stats:
Mini quilt:
16″ x 22″
Fabrics: Zen Chic modern backgrounds, Carolyn Friedlander, Becky Marie novelty, and October Afternoon (I think!)
Batting: Warm & Natural
33,427 stitches at 12 spi
Twin size quilt:
58″ x 82″
Fabrics: Moda Grunge & RK Essex Metallic Linen blend in Sand
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Backing: Carrie Bloomston Newsprint
252,321 stitches (outlines, 10 spi; everything else, 12spi)
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