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Look How They Shine For You from Girl x Fabric

Previously I talked about starting my Jaybird journey with Gazebo. With that done, I’m on to Night Sky. Like Gazebo, this is much simpler than it looks. Night Sky uses the Sidekick ruler, which has a bunch of lines all over it as well. But once you understand how it works and use it, it’s... Continue Reading →

added by Amanda Vajda 5 years, 12 months ago. under block , gift , jaybird quilts , modern , night sky , quilt (Comments)

Modern Art Quilt - Red, White and Pointy from I Love Baby Quilts!

My eight year old daughter recently picked this quilt out of some inspiration photos I had saved over the years as her big girl quilt. I wish I could find where I got the photo so I could attribute the praise properly, if anyone recognizes it, I'd love to give proper credit!

First, I took the photo and reverse engineered some measurements, based on how big I wanted the quilt to be.

Next I cut strips and started sewing and laying them out on the design wall.

And voila, a top was born. I just eyeballed the measurements of ...

added by ilovebabyquilts 7 years, 10 months ago. under modern , modern art , modern art quilt , points , pointy , red , strips , white

Quilt it Modern Blog Tour from Trillium Design

Welcome Modern Quilters! Today is my day on the Riley Blake Quilt-it Modern blog tour.

When Riley Blake asked if I had an idea for using their Confetti Cottons solids with Crayola colors I knew immediately what I wanted to make. Solids are such a huge part of Modern Quilting and I wanted to create a project that was fun, easy, and screamed summer! What is more iconic in summer than a VW Camper Van?!

So I created a pattern with a couple of options for you. The Beach Bus block is a foundation pieced pattern that can be made ...

added by Caroline ~ TrilliumDesign 7 years, 10 months ago. under bug , bus , camper , modern , modernquilttour , quilt , rileyblakefabric , solids , summer , van , vw

Modern Circles and Squares Quilt from I Love Baby Quilts!

It's finished! This queen sized modern circles in squares quilt is done. It may be my favorite quilt so far. I based it off of this baby quilt I made last year and made it bigger and better. You can't see the quilting in this far view, but the quilting is the best part.

I thought I'd take you through the process, in case you'd like to make one for yourself!

First, decide on how many blocks and what sizes of circles you'd like. For the baby quilt my circles were smaller, but for this ...

added by ilovebabyquilts 11 years, 3 months ago. under all by hand , brown , circle applique , circles , embroidery , fall colors , far far away , hand embroidery , heather ross , modern , modern quilt , queen size , red , solids , squares , yellow

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