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.