Day 6++ Modern Plus Sign Quilts Book Hop ++ Faceted Rings and Petal Plus

Welcome to the sixth day of the Modern Plus Sign Quilts book hop!   Today, we will be sharing Faceted Rings and Petal Plus as well as hosting a giveaway of two charm packs.

Faceted Rings

Faceted Rings is one of my favorite quilts from the book so I am happy that it is on the cover of the book.  It is a paper pieced baby sized design and one of the more time consuming and challenging patterns in the book.  Because it is a baby quilt, only 9 blocks are needed (which does make the quilt comes together more quickly).

I took a while to figure out how to quilt this quilt.  I initially was thinking about an allover pattern, but I really felt that I wanted to add special texture to each section to really highlight the piecing of the design.  I settled on quilting each Kona color of the quilt differently (with matching Aurifil thread for each section).

The quilt was made using Kona Cotton Solids from Robert Kaufman, the batting was Warm & White, and Aurifil threads were used for the piecing and quilting.

Jessica, Cindy, and Jennifer used the Faceted Rings pattern to make some new quilts and items, please check out their blogs...

Jessica @ Quilty Habit
Cindy @ Hyacinth Quilt Designs
Jennifer @ The Inquiring Quilter

Petal Plus

I designed, Paige appliqued and pieced, and Johellen George quilted Petal Plus (it was a team effort!).  Having not designed too many applique designs, Paige had to tell me that my first attempt at combining an orange peel applique shape and plus signs was not really doable, applique-wise.  I went back to the drawing board and Petal Plus was born :)

The fabrics were Farm Fun by Stacy Iest Hsu and Bella Solids all by Moda Fabrics, the batting was Warm & White, and Aurifil threads were used for the piecing.

Julie used the Petal Plus pattern to make a new quilted item, please check out her version...

Julie @ The Crafty Quilter

Giveaway

Today's giveaway is for a 6-piece fat quarter bundle of American Made Brand solids.

To enter, simply use the rafflecopter: (if you are reading this post via e-mail, you may need to click over to the blog for the rafflecopter box to appear below). Giveaway runs from March 19th through 8 pm EST March 26th and is open worldwide.

The rafflecopter giveaway is the same on my and Paige's blog, so there is no need to enter on both blogs.

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If you are enjoying seeing the variations of the quilts in the book and are inspired to make one of your own, you can purchase a Modern Plus Sign Quilts book (amazon links are affiliate):

Amazon: Modern Plus Sign Quilts physical book

Amazon: Modern Plus Sign Quilts digital book

Etsy: Signed version of Modern Plus Sign Quilts including an additional bonus pattern