Okay, so the Churn Dash is not a block that screams modern. I'm a believer though that anything 'traditional' can be made 'modern,' be it through fabric choice or layout. Carole from my OMQG bee asked for the iconic Churn Dash block. She provided the cheddar background and we were to supply the feature fabric.
I chose two prints from Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy line for my blocks. The browns go wonderfully with the cheddar.
Hmm, is it me or are these blocks feeling rather traditional? It's the colour combo, isn't it? I may have to revise my earlier statement. LOL!
In the 15+ years I've been quilting, these are the first Churn Dash blocks I've ever made. My 1/4" seams are darn near perfect -- squee! :) I feel like I've just gone through a quilting rite of passage. Any iconic blocks or quilts that you view completing as a rite of passage?
Other blocks from this series:
- Mini Me
- Sherbet Stars
- Improv Blocks
- Confetti
- Lucky Pieces
- Modern Butterfly Block
- How Many Squares?
- Pinball Machine
- It's a Stretch
- Pogo Stick
- Everything Equal
- Woven Block
- Alleyways
- Boxed In
- Scrappy Asterisk
- Higgledy-Piggledy
- Binary
- Pebble Beach
- Parisian Star
- On The Fence - Modified
- Sew Mama Sew's October Block of the Month (with solids) and with prints
- My Fibonacci block
- Diamond Ripples
- Four Acres
- Mondrian
- Sew Mama Sew's January Block of the Month
- Fractured Triangles
- Garden Lattice
- Selvage Strings
- Follow The Leader
- Sea Glass Steps
- City Sampler #1
- Cross
- Scrappy Rectangle
Happy Monday, all!
very nice....isn't the churndash fun
ReplyDeleteIf you reverse the dark and light strips on the outer blocks, you get Grecian Cross, which actually looks quite modern , especially if you use solids. I made a whole quilt in purples and aquas lately like that.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great block, they look lovely, but very traditional to me! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy St Patricks day!
ReplyDeleteI love the Churn Dash -- this is my unfinished take on a modern version of it -- I need to finish up a few more blocks so that I can get that one sewn together.
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