Urban Runner Quilt
Jelly Roll bed runner kit - but like the pattern for a valance. Technique - Quilt It only takes 2 easy blocks to make any of these 4 projects It only takes 2 easy blocks to make any of these 4 projects! Once you master these 2 easy blocks, just follow the placement instructions for each project. Urban Pathway Table Runner Pattern Download. $13.00 $10.00 23% off I designed this table runner for my new coffee table. It has a sleek art deco theme. I love the Art Deco period, so I immediately fell in love with this fabric and kept the block design simple to showcase fabric patterns. 5-Yard Everyday Quilt Pattern Download.
Urban Sunsets
I made every block a different “color story” in this original quilt. Most blocks feature hand-dyes, Kaffe Fassett stripes and prints, Marcia Derse prints, plus a few other favorite fabrics. To separate and set off the three center fabrics, I inserted black-and-white “swizzle sticks.” Gray ombré borders create the illusion of light sweeping across the surface. My “Urban Sunsets” pattern includes a “Preview Window” for cropping the center units. 41' x 41'
Urban Poppies
Do you ever make a quilt based on the one you just finished? That’s what happened with this version in my “Urban Quilt” series. Three different colorways of Anna Maria Horner’s “Raindrops Poppies” fabric inspired the three different blocks. I repeated each block three times, making this a super-fast project. (This is a photo of the unfinished quilt top.) My “Urban Sunsets” pattern includes everything you need to make this quilt. 41' x 41'
Urban Poppies Table Runner
No time to make a quilt? How about a three-block runner? You’ll find the yardage requirements and step-by-step instructions in my “Urban Sunsets” pattern. 14' x 41'
Swizzle Sticks
I mixed many solids and a few prints in this simple modular quilt, which appeared in the February 2016 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. One-fourth-inch strips—I call them 'swizzle-sticks' because they remind me of skinny stir sticks—make great accents, and solids that don't necessarily match the patterned fabrics give the blocks a one-of-a-kind look. This quilt is also a workshop. 48½' x 48½'. Machine quilted by Sandra Bruce.
Spumoni
Spumoni is a 'molded Italian ice cream made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts.' It seemed an apt title for a busy, cheerful quilt made of mostly Kaffe Fassett patterned and striped fabrics. The original plan was to make individual 'color-story' blocks and separate them with neutral sashing. But when I looked at the blocks casually stuck on my design wall, I knew they were meant to be together. I had to let go of my idea of Kaffe-only fabrics; a few Michael James and Moda stripes were just the ticket. See Store for the pattern; this quilt is also a workshop. 38' x 38'
Lustrous Squares II Here are Lustrous blocks made using Gradations ombrés and Kaffe Fassett prints. I wanted to space out the blocks with sashing, and although I have many black-and-white prints, I went with this dramatic design. To keep the blocks from blending with the sashing, I added narrow red flanges. The skinny strips of intense color make the blocks appear to advance, as if they’re floating above a black-and-white background. Machine quilted by Cathy Stone. See Lectures & Workshops for the class. 48” x 48”
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Lustrous Squares
This super-simple quilt takes advantage of the color and value gradations of ombré fabrics. By orienting the strips around the center square so that the light ends are in the upper right of each block and the dark ends in the lower left, you can suggest a sweep of light from a side source. A large-scale black-and-white border sets off the bocks but doesn’t compete. See the Store for a kit that includes the pattern and Gelato ombré strips. 50' x 50'
Transparent Squares
I love the look of layered transparency, the illusion that lighter shapes of see-through color are hovering over (or beneath) shapes of darker color. For this quilt I paired lighter-value fabrics with darker-value versions of the same, or similar, colors. Orienting the gray ombré borders (see Gelato 714 in my Store) with the light edges inward makes the neutral color appear to flow behind the blocks. See Lectures & Workshops for the class. 50½' x 50½'
Pop Beads
Parent/child transparency, the illusion of two see-through colors overlapping to create a third color, is a challenge, but the reward is in the result. In this small quilt (featured in the Summer 2016 issue of Modern Patchwork) I used mostly Grunge fabrics and a few solids. Each block is made up of three values—a light 'parent,' a dark 'parent,' and a medium 'child.' It requires precision, so tackle it when you're feeling confident and careful. 36' x 36'
Urban Ombrés
I love what happens when you combine prints, stripes, and variegated fabrics. In this quilt, rich ombrés are paired with one gray ombré to create the illusion of light sweeping across the surface. Marcia Derse's organic prints in the block centers give the design visual weight. Add black-and-white stripes to complete this 'urban environment.' Machine quilted in a random plaid pattern by Cathy Stone. 42' x 42' This quilt is a class; see Lectures & Workshops.
Brushed Metal
When I first saw the 'Serenity' ombrés, their subtle gradations reminded me of satiny metallic surfaces. Orienting the ombré strips so the light flows in both directions gives the quilt a sense of movement. Aligning the motifs in the sashing creates a smooth visual transition. Machine quilted by Sandra Bruce. 46' x 46'.
Market Bag
Combining fabrics has to be my favorite step in making a quilt, or in this case, a bag. I chose a green Marcia Derse print, a Kaffe Fassett stripe, and a multicolored batik. The fabrics are sewn onto a foundation of pet-screen material—not the easiest 'fabric' to work with, but it makes for a very durable bag.
Sassy Circles II
I love circles quilts! This one has lots of pattern action: highly patterned florals for the circles, near-solid ombrés for the background triangles, geometric stripes for the 'shadows,' and a large-scale white-and-black print for the sashing. It's almost too much, but I had so much fun. This quilt is a class; see Lectures & Workshops. See Store for pattern. 33' x 33'.
Deco Circles
If the fabrics are right, you don't need many. One Alexander Henry art-deco fabric had enough pattern variation to create different yet related circles.The background triangles are cut from different areas of one gray ombré; the sashing is also an ombré, in a color I call “mushroom.” I love the light and movement of the ombrés—they bring a quilt to life. Made using my Elegant Circles pattern, also available in the Store. 33' x 33'
Aerial
This modern quilt features four blocks, with sashing and setting stones in between. There’s a hint of transparency in each block, where the small, dark batik squares appear to be layered on top of larger gray pieces. The key to this transparency is to choose four batik (or other) fabrics that are noticeably darker than the gray fabric. The gray-and-cream polka dots space out the blocks and make room for wide sashing. I quilted my quilt in wavy vertical lines. It’s a pattern; see Store. 38” x 38”
Transparent Circles
Overlay transparency, the illusion that a lighter or darker shape of see-through color floats over a layer of color below, creates an ethereal effect in this simple quilt. I used two kinds of fabrics: Kaffe Fassett shot cottons in light and medium-dark values, with 11 different Marcia Derse patterned and mottled-color fabrics for variety. 44' x 44'
Black Opals & Ribbon Candy
Think “opalescence,” and most of us visualize the soft, milky colors of white opals. But when I discovered Australian black opals, with their flashes of brilliant color among much darker colors, I wanted to capture their natural beauty with fabric. This design is based on the Churn Dash block. By shifting the units in the nine-patch construction over and up by one unit, the secondary pattern (where four traditional Churn Dash blocks would meet) becomes primary, and the primary pattern takes on a supporting role. Machine quilted by Cathy Stone. See Store. 53 ¾' x 53 ¾'
And as you can see here, fabrics in different colors and values create very different designs. Can you find the Churn Dash block in these images? (The center square of one Churn Dash block is at the center of each image.)
Squares and Stripes
In designing this modular quilt, I gave equal consideration to the concepts of value, temperature, and intensity. Wider logs of lighter-value color surround narrower, darker ones. Warm and cool colors mingle, as well as bright and dull ones. Intense center squares, a staple of traditional Log Cabin quilts, add a dash of red-hot color. Using a striped fabric for the border and centering the stripes suggests that the design flows vertically and horizontally, beneath the blocks. Machine quilted by Sharon Cook. 38' x 38'
Since you're on Mars, they removed most of the weapons choices, but it's somewhat for the better since, like you said, you only used one weapon of each for most of the game anyways.You've got two or three weapons of each damage type for most damage types, a human one and an alien one. Occasionally you get a heavy weapon variant, like the minigun or the laser cannon.The alien weapons are neat, though, and some of them are quite fun. Beastman rifles, as soon as you get to use them, are incredibly nifty since they can do pretty much.anything.
Elegant Circles
Three very different fabrics make magic in this little shadowed circle quilt, inspired by the work of Reynola Pakusich and begun in a Judy Mathieson workshop. Light appears to bounce off the borders; triangles of the same fabrics, in other colors, glow behind the intense patterned circles. Elin Noble fabrics in the remaining triangles and the quilt corners imply horizontal movement. Machine quilted by Carol Walsh. See Store. 32' x 32'
Sassy Circles
Light-value sashing makes a shadowed-circle quilt look airy and modern. The large-scale sashing fabric, which would logically take over visually, still recedes because it is mostly white. As a result, the brightly colored circles come forward and seem to float above a backdrop of funky flowers. 33' x 33'. Machine quilted by Barbara Ceresa.
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How to make a Tshirt Quilt (video)
Stardust Lap Quilt
Clouds are for Cuddles
Polka Dot Cuddle Quilt
Winter Big Stitch Mini Quilt
Quilt-as-you-go Table Runner
Christmas Tree Mini Quilt
Supernova (structured Improv quilting)
Pieced Heart Pillow
Urban Sprawl Quilt
Prairie Air Quilt
Tie Dye Sampler Quilt
Scrappy Dino Quilt
Strip Tease Quilt
Dr. Seuss Wallhanging
Oh the Places you’ll Go Wallhanging
Happy Go Lucky Table Topper