Are you having fun with our Quilt Along? I want to welcome my new readers, and let you know the first two steps of the Stars On Autumn Lane quilt along are still up, click on Cutting and Star Block to see the steps and download the pdfs. Next up is the second block to put with the Star block. Block B will have a choice, and both use exactly the same number of HSTs and squares, just arranged differently. So your decision is whether or not you want the blocks to tessellate, or interconnect with each other.
In this photo, the tessellating block is the one on the right.
The pattern block diagrams are in color, but you can print in a draft black and white to save ink. You can also choose which one you want and only print that page as the diagrams are on separate pages. Block B pdf – Stars on Autumn Lane Block B
Table Topper make 4
Lap Quilt make 6
Twin Size make 17
When you get your blocks done, assemble them in an alternating pattern like a checkerboard. Here is the star with the discrete lane block. The stars show a bit better in this configuration.
The other way produces the tessellating lanes. The lanes are a bit more prominent than the stars in this configuration. Next time I’ll show you the border for the tessellating pattern, and begin quilting with our gorgeous wide back.
Sharing!! The Facebook Autumn Jubilee Sharing group is now open and I finally figured out that I have to approve members. Everyone who has asked to join have been approved, and I’ll be checking it more often to be sure that anyone who wants to join is in. Thank you for your patience with me as I learn to navigate Facebook.
You can also upload your photos to our Flickr group Autumn Jubilee. However you share, I love seeing the prints and colors you all choose! Please limit your shares in this group to progress photos on the tutorials of Autumn Jubilee. As much as we all love to see Autumn color, there are other groups for sharing those photos.
If you are ready for the next steps, click on Assembly and Borders for the next post.
Today’s giveaway is a gift certificate to Backside Fabrics, a North Carolina company. The gorgeous print above is the wide backing I used on the larger lap quilt, beautiful print isn’t it!! Their quality is superb, and it is actually less expensive to use a wide back than it is to piece regular 42-inch wide fabrics. With quilt store pricing approaching $11 a yard for 42-inch width fabric, to get a 108″-width for just a few dollars more makes a lot of sense. Backside Fabrics run an average of $11-15 a yard (batiks at bit higher) and they often have sales. Remnants are often large enough for lap quilts. Check it out! You have until next Thursday to enter. The entries close at midnight Oct 26th.
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What Wide Back print or pattern do you like best?
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From My Carolina Home 
Hi Carole,
I am really enjoying your posts celebrating the Autumn Jubilee! Both of these pattern look great – gotta love the half-square triangle versatility. ~smile~ Roseanne
Your quilt looks like fall candy. I love it.
Looks amazing!
It’s going to be hard to decide which layout I want to make – I like them both! Thanks for the giveaway! I like the Artisan Spirit backings – the one called Autumn would be beautiful for my project.
Love the colors and the variation of layout. Thank you for showing this!
fall – what a wonderful time of year
The quilt looks really cool either way. I know I am not a quilter, but I would have a hard time choosing which layout to use. I guess that is how people get hooked on quilting!
Backside Fabrics certainly has a great selection of wide fabrics! I love Fairy Fan Flower in Scuba. It would look fabulous as the back of several batik quilts I’m making at the moment. Thanks again for this fall pattern!
Oh my gosh, as usual these blocks are so lovely. I do not know how you get it all done — oh yeah, you did not make the dumb decision to get a berserk cornish rex kitten, whilst having two tiny grand daughters that are deathly afraid of both cats, and have an adorable 94 year old daddy to keep occupied… — and more excuses.
Reading your blog is so nice. I love every day you present an adventure or an inspiring project, Carole. Your blog is one of my very favorites.
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Happy Week-end.
Thank you so much!!!!
Hard to choose. I did not realize there were so many varieties of wide quilt backings. My favorites are Eclectic Elements, Grunge, and Widescreen. Thank you,
The two colorful layouts are the essence of fall. Thanks for cluing me in on where to get wide backings.
I LOVE wide backings! I use them every chance I get since they are soooo easy. I usually use a busy print so as not to highlight my less than perfect quilting but my absolute favorites for backings are batiks. Those Hopscotch digital pixelated ones look pretty interesting.
I enjoy your blog and quilt a longs. Thanks for all you do.
My fav backing right now is confetti mosaic, piñata.
There are so many to love! Bee Backing & Borders by Lori Holt! I have been an admirer of Lori Holt fabrics & this is my favorite! Thank you, Susan
I wonder if I’ve ever been to her shop. I lived in the Lake Norman area and was a seamstress at an early age. There was a fabric shop fairly close to where I lived. Hmmmm. I buy wide backed fabrics from a local quilt shop and you are right, they work so much better.
That is a great place to get wide backings! I love using those. I really liked the one with words all over it by 3 Sisters for Moda. The parchment would be gorgeous on a quilt. Your Stars on Autumn quilt is so pretty and if I hadn’t had so many projects going which included a wedding next weekend, I would love to have made it a long with the others. Hopefully will have time for it in the future. Happy fall!
108″ Essentials Mosaic Wide Quilt Backing – Dark Blue/Green is my favorite, love blue- blue is in a lot of my quilts. Thanks
I have bought from this company many times, my favorite find was the tula pink swallows –
I like Fairy Fan Flower in Scuba! Wonderful company, quality and good prices.
I love the Prairie Vine Vintage Farmhouse in tan, although I usually look for something to “go with” whatever top I need to back. Love the site!
I love the Ombre Scroll print it is so beautiful for a backing fabric. Thank you for doing Autumn Jubilee I love your designs!
Really loving putting this quilt together-it’s fall and beautiful here in WI and your quilt fits right in with the outdoors. Wide backings are the best and Mosaic is a favorite. Thank you for the quilt a long.
The fabrics at Backside Fabrics are terrific! One that I like is Bee Backings by Lori Holt in Blake – Plaid Blue. I’m sure I could use that with one of my quilt tops!
I like the Circle Play fabrics.
I love your quilt layouts. I like Marbled Placid Blue.
I like the batik backings although the Kaffe Facett sateens would be good for certain types of quilts.
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I love this color in their wide backing: 106″ CONFETTI MOSAIC EXTRA WIDE TONGA BATIK QUILT BACKING – PINATACarla from Utah
I like the Prairie Vine Vintage Farmhouse
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Carole, I was so excited, and working hard on this planning to make both the table topper & throw. But this week has been spent sitting in the hospital with my brother. Won’t be able to stitch until life gets back to normal, but will continue enjoying following the blog when I can grab a free moment. Thank you for the beautiful follow pattern!
I’m really enjoying Autumn Jubilee! Thank you for this. My favorite fabric at Backside fabrics is Stonehenge Tourmaline.
It is difficult to choose a favorite with all of the beautiful fabrics, but mine would be Snowberries. Thanks!
This is a great setting. I think I like the 2nd setting the best. I love wide backings, and thank you for a new source! They are a great value if you are trying to stockpile neutrals. Buying one yard is like getting 2 or more yards! My favorite was the Kim Diehl Spiced Pomegranate Wide Quilt Back
Thank you so much for information on backside fabrics, I didn’t know they existed. What a fantastic collection! I am in love with KAFFE FASSETT COTTON SATEEN WIDE QUILT BACKING BLACK CIRCLES for another quilt I hope to finish for Christmas. I’m falling behind on all my sewing (it’s been one thing after another) but I’ll catch up.
I love the Quill wide backing.
The quilt is beautiful and I love the options in the layout! The wide backing is lovely.
I like the deer camo backing. I have a perfect quilt top to use that for. My husband and son are bow deer hunters.
Love this backing: Sunday Supper Wide Quilt Backs by Sweetwater for Moda – Porcelain.
Your Autumn Lane blocks are looking beautiful. Wow, all of the fabrics at Backside are pretty. I love the Grunge fabric by Basic Grey the best 🙂
love this pattern, I like TOT backs
I love following your blog. Unlike other blogs I used to follow, you include everything in the email. I love all of your designs, tablescapes, recipes, etc. Even though I don’t have time to sew right now because I’m packing to move, I have saved all of the directions to do as soon as I have my new sewing room set up. Thank you for all of the opportunities to win some great prizes.
I am enjoying the patterns and am creating the table topper with scrappy fabrics.
Beautiful Quilt! Love the wide fabric for backs!
The fabric I like most is the Circle Play-multi/black. Thank you for doing this. I am not a blogger so I can get a point there and I do not know how to do the Twitter copy/paste from my phone. Twitter is not on my main computer. Oh well, hope this helps. I like their prices.
I love the new grunge fabric. I’m always looking for masculine prints or solids.