The Mod Dreams Quilt Pattern is now available in the shop!
I am so excited to share this first sample of my newest quilt pattern, Mod Dreams! Looking at it now, it feels like maybe I should've made this quilt a year ago in the summer of Barbie but alas, here we are haha
Truth is, as a quilt pattern designer I don't get to make a lot of quilts for me or even just personal uses life gifting to family and friends. The majority of quilts I make are for pattern releases and those quilts get put away into plastic boxes or loaned out to quilt shops after a pattern release. However, I've made it a goal to make a quilt that either I or family will get to enjoy at least once a year.
Fat Quarter Friendly Quilt
While I was designing this new quilt pattern, I created a bunch of new mockups on Illustrator. It was during this process that I first saw this not-really-but-almost Barbie inspired quilt.
I just fell in love with the play of colors and how all of the purples and pinks go together. So, after about 5 minutes of thinking on it, I went to my fabric stash and started pulling the perfect combination of pinks and purples for this quilt!
I wish I could say this was an easy process, but I'm very picky with my pinks and purples. I needed to have the perfect shade - nothing too peachy pink and nothing too far into the blues for the purples. Initially, I pulled way too many prints, but after a little while, I narrowed it down to 14 fat quarters – lots of smaller prints, some basics, and one or two solids.
And a little secret: This quilt has three prints from two of my own fabric collections! It's still such a surreal feeling to create quilts with fabric I've designed. But since this quilt was for me, it felt only right to include some of my own creations.
Fast With Chain Piecing
Once I had my fabric, I got to cutting. I used my Modern Curves templates for a speedy process. It took me no time to get all the pieces cut and to get sewing.
Because of the whole design uses two shapes only, this quilt comes together super fast when doing some chain piecing. So I had the full quilt top together in less than a week from fabric pull!
Long Arm Quilting
Since I knew I'd be keeping this quilt, I decided to use minky for the backing and sent it off to be quilted by Ashley of Hen House Quilting. I usually don't have a panto picked before sending it off for quilting, but this was the exception. I picked the panto Marmalade because it's one of my favorite pantos. It adds such beautiful texture to a quilt and I knew it'd make for an extra cuddly quilt!
Striped Binding
I think the hardest part of this quilt was deciding on the binding! I wanted something that coordinated with the fabrics on the quilt, but wasn't an exact match/one of the fabrics on the quilt, if that makes sense. After some back and forth between a few different options, I opted for a striped purple fabric from my Moonchild fabric collection.
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I am honestly so, so happy with how this quilt came out! It makes me wish I had more time to make quilts just for me instead of always making quilts for pattern releases - but then I'd be drowning in quilts, hah! Scroll on down for more photos of the finished quilt and to purchase the pattern!
Quilt Information
Quilt Pattern: Mod Dreams by Cotton and Joy
Quilt Top Fabric: Various fat quarters including: Riley Blake Designs' Moonchild, South Hill, Sparkler, Blossom, and Confetti Cottons, Ruby Star Society Speckled, and more.
Backing: Minky
Binding: Signals in Thistle from Moonchild Collection
Pieced on my Janome M7
Quilted by: Hen House Quilting
Panto: Marmalade