runsewfun: March 2018

Welcome!

I'm honored to have been invited to participate in the Modern Plus Sign Quilts blog hop and I'm excited to share my Kaleidoscope Plus quilt with you today.

Photo credit: C&T Publications

When we received a copy of the book we each had a few days to choose which quilt we would like to make. There are 16 interesting and exciting patterns and this Kaleidoscope Plus quilt really intrigued me. I have always thought color with kaleidoscopes so I wanted to try this pattern using colors.

This quilt is made with both foundation pieced and traditionally pieced blocks. I re-created the blocks with my EQ8 software then started playing around with bright solid colors. There are infinite options. Ultimately, I decided to use up some blue, orange, and green print scraps and went with this placement. It was fun! And it wasn't too hard to keep track of how many of each color block I needed.

The background, the pluses, and the stars around each plus are all Cotton and Steel prints. The stars are a metallic basic but between my limited photography skills and the bright sun at the frozen beach I can't help you to see the sparkle. Sorry about that.

For the back I used this print I had stashed away from the Ansonia collection by Denyse Schmidt. The blues and yellow-greens are a perfect match with the scraps on the front.

The wind is really helping to show off the binding! I love how this Dottie print, another Cotton and Steel basic, wraps around the edge. There's a little sparkle in those dots, too. Along with being colorful, kaleidoscopes sparkle in my mind!

I free motion quilted this with all over jagged lines. I used Aurifil 2021 (my favorite!) 50wt thread for all the piecing and quilting.

Quilter's Dream cotton select loft batting always gives such a beautiful drape.

I'm super pleased with my quilt and excited to attempt a few more of the Modern Plus Sign patterns. I think next up will be a Postage Plus quilt using my hoarded bits of Liberty. Doesn't that sound luxurious?

The book is available on Amazon or from C&T Publishing. Or better yet, you can get a signed copy from either Cheryl or Paige.

Here are all the participants...so you can hop along and hopefully be inspired to make your own Modern Plus Sign Quilt!

Signature Plus

Soma @ Whims and Fancies

Ann @ Brown Paws Quilting

Kitty @ Night Quilter

Tribal Plus

Sophie @ Luna Lovequilts

Afton @ Quilting Mod

Shelley @ The Carpenters Daughter Who Quilts

Plus Surround

Jayne @ Twiggy and Opal

Jen @ A Dream and a Stitch

Abigail @ Cut & Alter