Modern Plus Sampler Quilt Along

I am very excited to announce that the next quilt along, the Modern Plus Sampler will begin on July 5th!  

I will be co-hosting this quilt along with my Modern Plus Sign Quilts co-author Paige Alexander of Quilted Blooms.

1.  About the Quilt Along

The Modern Plus Sampler is a free quilt-along that will run from July 2018 until April 2019 that uses most of the blocks from the Modern Plus Sign Quilts book together in a brand new lap sized quilt design!

As this quilt along is a compilation of all different blocks from the Modern Plus Sign Quilts book, the book will be required to quilt along.  The good thing is that the book is on sale at Amazon!

(At the time of this post), the kindle edition is only $12.60 and the printed version is only $16.94 (you can get the book for less than the cost of 1-2 yards of fabric!).

The book is available at:

• Your local quilt shop
• Amazon (affiliate link) - both digital and print versions
• C&T Publications - both digital and print versions
• Meadow Mist Designs Etsy Shop - Signed copies (plus when you purchase a signed copy from me, you get a free bonus quilt pattern of your choice)
• Indigo (large Canadian online book store)

2.  Schedule

This quilt along will be run similarly to my previous mystery quilt quilt alongs, a nice slow pace with a set of instructions posted the first Thursday of each month.  The quilt along will finish up in April 2019 with a fun reveal parade where you can show off your quilt.  Here is the schedule for the first few months:

May 3rd - Modern Plus Sampler announcement

June - Design revealed

July - Fabric requirements, Alternative Colorways, Fabric for some alternative quilt top layouts

August - Tribal Rows

September - Small Plus Signs
October - Transparency Plus Block
November - Rick Rack Runner Areas
December - Applique Areas
The next set of instructions will be posted on January 3rd

3.  Quilt Design Reveal

I am calling this an "unsampler" because it does not look like a traditional sampler quilt, but a whole new quilt design that incorporates many different blocks.  

My version with both applique and paper piecing.

Paige's version with all traditionally pieced blocks.

4.  Confident Beginner Level Pattern

This pattern will be at the confident beginner level with a few more challenging blocks.  Don't worry if you have questions or get stuck, we will all be quilting together and you can ask me or the Facebook group any questions you have along the way.

Most of the quilt will be traditionally pieced, but there will be a couple of applique blocks and paper pieced blocks.  I encourage you to try these and learn some new skills.  If you would like to avoid applique and/or paper piecing, we will be giving alternative instructions to avoid these methods.

5. Facebook group 

We have over 3,000 members in our Facebook Group (Meadow Mist Designs Facebook Group) sewing together! Join the group today so you can share and see everyone else's fabric, progress pictures, and finished quilts.

6. Quilt-along Instructions

The monthly instructions will be posted to this blog as blog posts (and can always be found in the Quilt Along tab above) and each instruction blog post will contain a link to an easy to print downloadable pdf version of the instructions.

The instructions will be written such that you will need the blog post and your book to complete most blocks.

7. Blog button

I have made a button for the Modern Plus quilt :) If you decide to join in on the quilt-along and have a blog I would love it if you posted the button.

<div class="meadow-mist-designs-button" style="width: 200px; margin: 0 auto;"> <a href="http://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/p/modern-plus-sampler-quilt-along.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR74ND8alKC-hvohc-aCOxg0F8RQojVVf6wL6jOHPkULIGQqYYendRfdwnwwdrBXEylkFFIQNCK71KmNG4pBhQ8JG7IC-GDODWNcH7wnqkF_O-caMl7PCLBK1MMfLy7rbvnBvOYdo8Ts/s320/Modern+Plus+jpg+version.jpg" alt="Modern Plus Sampler" width="200" height="200" /> </a> </div>

8. Prizes 

We will have prizes! Prizes will be given out randomly to quilters who submit finished quilts or quilt tops to the reveal parade in April 2019.  Paige and I are working with sponsors to finalize the prizes and will be posting more about the sponsors and prizes as the start date to the quilt along approaches.

9.  Questions?

I think that is everything for now. I hope that you are planning on joining us for a fun quilt along! If you have any questions you can leave them in a comment below or e-mail me at MMDmysteryquilts@gmail.com, I look forward to quilting along with you!