Upscale Plaid Quilt - The Mediterraneo version

Written by Brittany Lloyd

I'm so excited to share this next Upscale Plaid sample with you all! In case you missed it, Upscale Plaid is our newest pattern, which you can find in the shop here.

We went with a "Christmas-y" vibe for the cover Upscale Plaid quilt, so I wanted to make another version that would be great year-round. I tend to gravitate towards warm colors, and I sometimes like to step outside my comfort zone and make something that feels a little bit unique to what I would normally make. This quilt feels like "me" but it also stretches the normal Lo & Behold palette a little bit, which I'm here for!

All fabrics are PURE solids by Art Gallery Fabrics:

Mediterraneo (Background)
Raw Gold (A1)
Vintage Walnut (A2)
Mink (A3)
Ocean Fog (B1)
Northern Waters (B2)
Gentle Feather (B3)
Pearl (C1)
Caviar (C2)
Toasty Walnut (C3

We have kits for this exact quilt in the shop, found here!

This quilt was pieced and quilted by Sandy of Thai Charm. She did such a beautiful job not only piecing, but quilting the quilt on her longarm quilting machine. She used the pantograph called Paradoxical by Longarm League, which is truly one of my favorite quiting patterns. I think it goes with any design and creates the most gorgeous texture. I also love that the repeat is more of a diagonal repeat...it really adds a lot of movement to the quilt. Which is appreciated with so many vertical and horizontal lines!

For the backing, I went with one of my favorite prints from Bonnie Christine's Wild Forgotten collection. It's called Remember and it has written words that were deleted from a children's dictionary. Its such a sweet print.

The binding is AGF Northern Waters, which is a slightly lighter blue fabric. I wanted something with a similar value to the Background so that it didn't stand out too much. The main part of the quilt is the focal point and I wanted to keep it that way.

I loved styling this quilt. It's so so beautiful draped on a ladder or folded over a chair. Even haphazardly sprawled over the couch is stunning. Some quilts are harder to photograph than others and this one was really easy and fun!

One of my FAVORITE things about Upscale Plaid is that there is a coaster size included in the pattern. It's really more of a mug rug size, finishing at 6.5" square but it's absolutely adorable none-the-less! You should have enough leftovers from the larger sizes to make one or two. I'm absolutely smitten!