Meadow Mystery Quilt - My Cut Fabrics

I am having such fun with the Meadow Mystery Quilt and am loving seeing everyone's color choices and fabric pieces.  If you want to join in, it is not too late!

Some links for more information:

Mystery quilt tab which contains all of the mystery quilt information and instructions

Facebook Group

Link to sign up for printer friendly pdf monthly instructions

For the Meadow Mystery Quilt, I am making two very different versions, a more traditional version using Gentle Breezes by Maywood Studio (you can find this kit to make mystery quilt here) and a more modern version using some of my favorite text prints (you can find out more info about my fabric picks here):

Gentle Breezes

 Modern Text

The instructions are given out on the first Thursday of every month so the next set (first piecing instructions) will be posted on the blog on Thursday, September 1st.

I am linking up with Let's Bee Social at Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts and Needle and Thread Thursday at Kelly @My Quilt Infatuation.

American Patchwork and Quilting - Monday August 8th at 4pm

I have some exciting news, I will be on Pat Sloan's American Patchwork and Quilting Podcast on Monday August 8th (episode will be live at 4pm EST)!

I was so honored to be asked onto the show. I hope that you will tune in (live or through the taped podcast) and that I will not be so nervous that I will trip over my own words too much :)

You can get directly to the American Patchwork and Quilting podcasts right here and can visit Pat Sloan’s website to keep up with the latest podcasts and news.

Canvas Lines Quilt and Quilter's Planner

I wanted to share with you today, The Quilter’s Planner and my latest pattern, Canvas Lines, that is included with the planner!

The Quilter's Planner is my friend Stephanie from Late Night Quilter's project. This is the second year of the planner and it is better than ever! You can pre-order the planner from her Indiegogo site.

I use my 2016 planner to schedule my blog posts, organize my to-do lists, and manage my work, home, and quilting calendar.  One of my favorite parts of the planner are the patterns and I am honored to have a pattern called Canvas Lines in the 2017 Quilter's Planner.

I designed Canvas Lines with a slight tribal feel with alternating diagonal geometric shapes and negative space. Canvas Lines combined some of the prints from the Doe collection by Carolyn Friedlander for Robert Kaufman with some crisp Kona white fabric. 

I quilted Canvas Lines with a square meandering pattern using Aurifil 50 wt in white (color 2024). I think that the square meander added great texture to the negative space without taking away from the pieced blocks.

Aren't these some of the most beautiful quilt photographs you have seen? Kitty from Night Quilter has taken pictures of all of the quilts for the planner patterns along the coast of Maine. (If you would like Kitty to take some wonderful pictures of your quilts, you can find out more information about her photography offerings right here).

There are 14 beautiful full quilt and sewing patterns, with color instructions, including Amy Friend of During Quiet Time, Amy Sinibaldi of Nana and Co., Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter, AnneMarie Chany of GenXQuilters, Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs (me), Christa Watson of Christa Quilts, Karen Lewis of Karen Lewis Textiles, Kari Vojtechovsky of Craft-Happy, Katie Blakesley of Swim Bike Quilt, Lee Monroe of May Chappell, Lindsey Rhodes of LR Stitched, Rita Hodge of Red Pepper Quilts, Stephanie Palmer of Late Night Quilter and Yvonne Fuchs of Quilting Jetgirl.

Hop over to The Quilter's Planner web page to learn more about what the planner includes and all of the new features in the 2017 version.  Remember, The 2017 Quilter's Planner is now available for pre-order through Indiegogo.

I am linking up to Link a Finish Friday, Whoop Whoop Friday, Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday, Finish It Up Friday, Fabric Frenzy Friday, and Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She.

Meadow Mystery Quilt - Cutting Instructions - August

Welcome to the August Instructions for the Meadow Mystery Quilt, we will be cutting our fabric this month!  We are just getting started so please join us! 

In case you are new to the mystery quilt, you can find out all of the relevant information (schedule, fabric requirements, prizes, easily printable pdf pattern instructions, Facebook group, and more in the links below).

Sponsors and Prizes - Post 1, Post 2, Post 3

Fabric Requirements and Fabric Picking Tips - July 2016

Quilt Kits

Cutting Instructions

Notes:  

If you like to oversize and then trim down your half square triangles (HSTs), flying geese, and square in a square units then oversize the pieces indicated with a * by about 1/4”.

Within this quilt pattern instructions to follow in coming months, the following colors will be used to represent the different fabrics.

FABRIC A

1. Cut 4 strips* 3" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strips into 48 squares* 3” x 3” (each strip can yield 13 squares).

FABRIC B

1. Cut 2 strips* 5 1/2" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strips into 12 squares* 5 1/2” x 5 1/2” (each strip can yield 7 squares).

2. Cut 1 strip* 5 1/4" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strip into 4 squares* 5 1/4” x 5 1/4”.

3.   Cut 2 strips 2 1/2” x WOF.  Do not sub-cut the strips.

FABRIC C

1. Cut 1 strip* 5 1/2” x WOF. 

     a.   Sub-cut the strip into 2 squares* 5 1/2” x 5 1/2” and 4 squares* 5” x 5”.

2. Cut 3 strips* 5" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strips into 24 additional squares* 5” x 5” (each strip can yield 8 squares).

3. Cut 1 strip 4 1/2" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strip into 16 rectangles 2 1/2” x 4 1/2”.

FABRIC D

1. Cut 1 strip* 5 1/2” x WOF. 

     a.   Sub-cut the strip into 4 squares* 5 1/2” x 5 1/2” and 4 squares 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”.

2. Cut 3 strips* 5" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strips into 24 squares* 5” x 5” (each strip can yield 8 squares).

3. Cut 1 strip 4 1/2" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strip into 8 additional squares 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”.

4.   Cut 1 strip 2 1/2” x WOF.  Do not sub-cut the strip.

FABRIC E

1. Cut 2 strips* 5 1/2” x WOF. 

     a.   Sub-cut the strips into 10 squares* 5 1/2” x 5 1/2” (each strip can yield 7 squares).

2. Cut 4 strips* 5" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut 3 strips into 24 squares* 5” x 5” squares (each strip can yield 8 squares).

     b. Sub-cut 1 strip into 4 additional squares* 5” x 5” and 1 square 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”.

3. Cut 7 strips 4 1/2" x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut the strips into 56 additional squares 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”  (each strip can yield 8 squares).

4. Cut 2 strips 3 3/8” x WOF.

     a.   Sub-cut each strip into 3 3/8” x 3 3/8” squares (11 per strip) to yield a total of 16 squares 3 3/8” x 3 3/8”.

5.   Cut 1 strip 2 1/2” x WOF.  Do not sub-cut the strip.

Be sure to share your cut fabrics in our Facebook Group.  

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Half Circle Mirror and Feature Article - Make Modern Issue 12

Today I am so excited to show you one of my secret quilt finishes from this spring! The quilt is called Half Circle Mirror and it appears in newest issue of Make Modern Issue 12, out today.  The magazine also contains a featured designer article about me, written by Anne of Hudson Valley Quilts.

Half Circle Mirror combines paper pieced blocks and negative space for a dramatic, geometric quilt design.  

For my version of Half Circle Mirror, I used Kona Cotton Solids by Robert Kaufman in Pepper, Charcoal, Titanium, and White.

Johellen George of Cabin Quilt Studio did the beautiful quilting on this quilt.  She is a member of one of my local guilds and does amazing work.  I think that the quilting is reminiscent of the surface of a lake which plays well with the reflection theme of the piecing design.

The quilt is paper pieced, I really like designing paper pieced patterns as you can create so many different angles and quilt blocks.  With all of the negative space it was not too much paper piecing to do :)

I love the Make Modern magazine, the magazine is so full of great quilts and inspiration. There are 14 projects in this issue as well as other features and articles. Check out Make Modern Issue 12!

I am linking up to Link a Finish Friday, Whoop Whoop Friday, Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday, Finish It Up Friday, Fabric Frenzy Friday, and Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She.