Modern Plus Signs Quilt Blog Hop: Tribal Plus Quilt

Hi, Welcome to the Modern Plus Signs Quilt Book Blog Hop. Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs and Paige @ Quilted Blooms invited 40+ quilting friends to participate in the blog hop.  I am honored to have been asked to make a quilt from their book to share on the blog hop. 

The book has 16 original takes on the modern plus quilt block. I have three favorite designs in  the book and chose the Tribal Plus quilt as my design to make for the blog hop. I have made many quilts from other patterns that Cheryl designed as Meadow Mist Designs. All the patterns in this book have great instructions. I had no problem getting the needed pieces cut from the amount of material that this pattern called for. I rounded all amounts up to the next yard, so if it called for half a yard, then I purchased a full yard. I chose to enlarge the Tribal Plus quilt by two blocks per row to get a wider quilt. The instructions amount gave me the pieces needed to make them.  I only needed to cut my borders larger. 

I chose to make my quilt from all Cotton and Steel prints and solids. This was my first time sewing with them and I really enjoyed working with them and hope to purchase more in the future.

The blue print actually has tiny black plus signs on it. It is a new favorite and I would love to have a whole bolt of it. The quilt instructions would have used the pink print as the binding but I had more of the gold solid. I purchased my fabric from Fabric dot com and for some reason,they required different minimums of yardage purchased and the minimum for the gold was 2 yards when I really only needed one yard. I like the fabric enough, it was no problem finding another use for a remnant.

This photo may be a more truer show of the colors. I quilted 1/4 inch away from everything. It was a lot of starts and stops every 2 inches. I really like the design and would think about adding a few more rounds for extra texture.

I chose to use something out of the norm for me as a backing on this quilt. I use alot of solids or sheeting lately as backing. This is one of JoAnn Fabrics premium quilting fabrics. I thought it had a great tribal feel and it had all the same colorings as my Cotton and Steel prints. It was because of this backing that I also chose to use the mustard gold instead of the pink print as  the binding.  To be honest, this was my first time in ages that I hand sewed the binding on my quilt. I have about 12 inches that needs to be finished.

I enjoyed making the Tribal Plus quilt. This will be a quilt that I am keeping for myself. It ended up being 68 by 63″ since I added two blocks to each row for extra width.  I have plans to make a couple more tops from the book in the near future and might use them as the last couple memory quilts I need to make for my year long memory quilt project.

The blog hop for the Modern Plus Sign Quilts is going on for two weeks and the full schedule can be found below.

Monday, March 12th

Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs

Paige @ Quilted Blooms

Tuesday, March 13th

Soma @ Whims and Fancies

Ann @ Brown Paws Quilting

Kitty @ Night Quilter

Sophie @ Luna Lovequilts

Afton @ Quilting Mod

Shelley @ The Carpenters Daughter Who Quilts

Wednesday, March 14th

Jayne @ Twiggy and Opal

Jen @ A Dream and a Stitch

Abigail @ Cut & Alter

Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl

Sandra @ mmm! quilts

Karen @ Run Sew Fun

Thursday, March 15th

Linda @ Flourishing Palms

Bernie @ Needle and Foot

Liz @ Savor Every Stitch

Stacey @ Stacey In Stitches

Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty

Patty @ Elm Street Quilts

Melanie @ A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog

Friday, March 16th

Myra @ Busy Hands Quilts

Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts

Ruth @ Charly and Ben’s Crafty Corner

Christa @ Christa Quilts

Monday, March 19th

Jessica @ Quilty Habit

Cindy @ Hyacinth Quilt Designs

Jennifer @ The Inquiring Quilter

Julie @ The Crafty Quilter

Tuesday, March 20th

Tish @ Tish N Wonderland

Judy @ Sew Some Sunshine

Emily @ The Darling Dogwood

Wanda @ Wanda’s Life Sampler

Karen @ Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

Katherine @ Sew Me Something Good

Wednesday, March 21st

Anja @ Anja Quilts

Kate @ Smiles from Kate

Sue @ Sevenoaks Street Quilts

Carole @ From My Carolina Home

Alison @ Little Bunny Quilts

Thursday, March 22nd

Debbie @ Esch House Quilts

Laura @ Slice of Pi Quilts

Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts

Janice @ Color Creating and Quilting

Joanne @ Quilts by Joanne

Friday, March 23rd

Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs

Paige @ Quilted Blooms

There are weekly drawings for some awesome prizes and if you visit Cheryl and Paige webpages, you will find the Rafflecopter to enter the drawings.

If you would like to purchase your own copy of the Modern Plus Signs Quilts book, they can be found here.