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Monday, June 23, 2014

Designing My Michael Miller Challenge Quilt

I love to design quilts, it's my absolute favorite part of quilting. I even like it better than free-motion quilting, and that's saying something. The only question is; does it turn out like what I see in my head vs. reality? This is for the Michael Miller quilt challenge through the Modern Quilt Guild.
My sketch of the design, inspired by this graphic design I found on Pinterest


I don't have all the pieces cut yet (many of them are just set in as color blocks at this point) and I had to order some more the coral/clementine color fabric. Each of the members of our modern quilt guild (IMQG), got an eighth of a yard of 6 different fabrics. We could add solids or Michael Miller prints. Needless to say this will be a fairly small baby quilt about 35"x 39". I'm already planning the FMQ.  So I ordered Aurifil thread to match some of the fabrics and I've already decided to use Quilters Dream Wool batting. LOVE both so much.

Today I'm linking up with Stitch by Stitch for Anything Goes Monday and Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday.

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

7 comments:

  1. Can't wait to see your finished quilt. It looks like a great design!

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  2. I love the strong shapes you are using here - the drawing definitely has a really modern feel.

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  3. Very nice and the coral color is just perfect!! Can't wait to see more.

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  4. Looks like a perfect design Pat and I"m sure you'll quilt will be beautiful!! Good for you!

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  5. This is looking great! I really love your quilt design!

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  6. This looks like a great design. You are sure to make a great success of it. I'm looking forward to seeing it's development.

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  7. Nice design. I'm like you in that I love the design process.

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