Friday 26 October 2012

Modern Goodness - TGIFF! and Blogger's Quilt Festival

Happy Friday! For those coming from TGIFF! and the Blogger's Quilt Festival, welcome! Today, I'm sharing my Modern Goodness quilt.

The quilt uses shades of green and grey, specifically lime, cactus, ash, charcoal Kona and medium grey from Heritage Solids. I've been wanting to do an equilateral triangle quilt for some time so when I saw Julie Herman's HexNMore ruler, I knew it was for me. I have to say that I love this ruler - four shapes in one, it's so clever. I already have a few other projects in mind using this ruler and one is even a hexie project.

Front:
Front: Modern Goodness
The back is made of scraps from the front. I do enjoy the challenge of trying to use what what's left from the front.
Back: Modern Goodness

Quilting Detail - Stars

With the graphic design, I thought simple quilting was in order. It's quilted with Aurifil 50 wt. 5016 in straight lines, echoing the seams. A fun surprise was the pattern the quilting made -- stars that show up beautifully on the back! Love! I bound it in the lime green for some pop along the edges.




Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats
Finished quilt measures : 43" x 50″
Special techniques used : bias-edge piecing
Quilted by : M-R Charbonneau
Best Category : Throw, Favourite Two Colour quilt


The TGIFF! party this week is over with Lynette at What A Hoot! She has finished a gorgeous reproduction quilt. It's the last week for OctoberQuest so if you've finished one or more quilts this month, link up!


There's always fabulous inspiration with Amy and the Blogger's Quilt Festival. Definitely worth a looksee, as well!

Amy's Creative Side

Thanks for stopping by and happy quilting!

46 comments:

  1. What a fabulous quilt!! I am going to get me one of those rulers today!! Can't wait to play!

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  2. Very modern colors. Neon is so in these days.

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  3. I really like this and I love the back. It makes me want to make one. You are so talented!

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  4. The back is just as beautiful as the front. Well done!

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  5. What interesting colors. They work well together!

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  6. Perfect colors! Love this quilt!

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  7. Very fresh. It has a pop-art effect that I really enjoy!

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  8. I really, really like this quilt. I love what you did with the colors. Perfect!

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  9. Beautiful quilt! I love always triangles and in your quilt also colours and the backing! x Teje

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  10. I love the total triangle quilt! So fresh and modern.

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  11. Yummy use of green and grey, M-R! This is a great entry!

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  12. Love the colours and the pattern. It's a beautiful quilt indeed

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  13. Such a lovely quilt! I love the back as much as the front!

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  14. Oh my, I seriously love that. I WANT IT! The solids are perfect and the quilting sublime. I have always loved the look of triangles but they scare me a little. Was it tricky or could a newbie like me pull it off?

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  15. i've always loved this triangle quilts, but i don't think i'm skilled enough to lay one out well color and value wise - it's lovely! and i LOVE your color selection!!

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  16. This is just beautiful!! I've been wanting to try one of these triangle quilts too. Love your palette! And your quilting suits the quilt beautifully.

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  17. What a fabulous quilt, love the colours.

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  18. What a stunning quilt! I love the colors, love the simplicity, love the impact achieved. :D

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  19. what a wonderful Modern quilt. I love he lime green. I'll be tall those bias edges weren't easy.
    Thanks for sharing it

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  20. I love these colors! The backing is almost my favorite part-I'm loving pieced backings. But the top is so much fun!

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  21. I love triangle quilts and your's makes me want to try it out soon.

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  22. This is nothing short of brilliant. Wow!

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  23. Love this! I have never made a triangle quilt, but now I will have to! Yours is great!! Love the colors too! Great work!

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  24. I love the grays and bright greens. A triangle quilt is definitely on my list.

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  25. LOVE the colours! So fabulous. Wonderful quilt.

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  26. What a fabulous quilt, love the colors!

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  27. Its lovely - fabulous colours and I love the quilted stars too. Thanks for sharing. #263

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  28. Lovely colors! Simple but striking.

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  29. I like your color choices. Perfect for the triangles. Very modern and graphic.

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  30. I love your colors! This is a beautiful quilt!

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  31. What a wonderful quilt! Love the colors!

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  32. beautiful colors and quilting! great job!

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  33. These colors are great together. Wonderful use of solids and triangles. Nice job!

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  34. gorgeous quilt, i love the colors you chose!

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  35. SO pretty! I love that you've carried the design and colours on to the back too. I need to start doing pieced backs....

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  36. This is a great colour combination and I do like triangles they look so good.

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  37. I didn't realize that green and grey could look so lovely!

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  38. Gorgeous! You get my vote for favorite 2-color quilt!

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  39. I love the color combination!

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  40. Lovely quilt and a great use of limited colours. The design works perfectly.

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  41. Oh my, I think this is one of my Festival-Favorites! Great colours and quilting :o)

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