Quilt Modern Curves & Bold Stripes: 15 Dynamic Projects for All Skill Levels
By Heather Black and Daisy Aschehoug
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Sew fifteen inspired designs with strong lines and quilted curves! Laced with retro-inspired circles and bold stripes, these modern quilts leave an unforgettable impression. Piecing circles, half circles, and quarter circles is easier than you think, and the authors will teach you to add movement and depth two ways—through easy strip sets or stripe-printed fabric. These aren't your typical Drunkard's Path quilts, but distinctive quilts for adventurous quilters! With block-based patterns, some improvisational piecing, and designs ranging from beginner-friendly to complex, there's something for everyone.
Move beyond common circle-quilt designs to tackle curved piecing with ease
Add stripes to curved piecing and use color to add depth for a simple way to make complex quilts
Piece block-based layouts and improv designs ranging from simple to advanced
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Quilt Modern Curves & Bold Stripes - Heather Black
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INTRODUCTION
As quilt designers, we found each other on Instagram through our love of curved piecing in quilts. We followed each other on social media, and when Daisy almost moved to the state of Washington where Heather lives, our friendship grew stronger over discussions about life in the northwest. Daisy ended up moving to Norway instead, but when the topic of a shared book came up, we decided the distance would simply add to an already complementary design aesthetic. We have distinct styles and perspectives, but we always come back to a shared love of curves.
For this book, we both developed designs that pair exact circles, half-circles, and quarter-circles with bold lines and stripes. Sometimes the lines stretch across circles. Sometimes the lines are contained within circles. Sometimes the two never intersect, but the straight and the curved lines always complement each other. We’ve treated the quilt like a canvas, and we’re excited to see the masterpieces you create.
This book has block-based patterns, patterns with improvisational piecing, patterns with complex piecing, and patterns simple enough for beginners. It’s a mix of everything we love about curves and stripes, and we hope there’s something everyone can enjoy.
GETTING STARTED
CHOOSING FABRICS AND PROJECTS
Selecting Fabrics
No matter the design, the right fabric and color choices are essential to a successful quilt. Who decides what’s right?
You do!
If you find a pleasing palette or include much- loved fabrics, then your quilt will surely be a winner. However, there are a few tips that may help you select a combination of fabrics that are sure to be pleasant when you step back and look at your finished efforts.
Deciding on Your Palette
While planning the quilt palette, stage strips of your fabrics to see how they’ll look next to each other. Many patterns call for alternating colors, and it can be helpful to see how a strip set will look by arranging strips beforehand.
Consider prints carefully. With the exception of ombrés, solids automatically offer a consistent color. Some prints read as a single color too, and this can be helpful for adding interest without creating chaos in the final look of the quilt.
A print with one color and a neutral can read as a single color from a distance. Other prints that make sparing use of multiple colors may also create this effect.
Don’t let this dissuade you from using some large-scale prints! A wild print with a lot of colors and shapes and lines can be exciting when paired with a solid. The solid gives the print a little room to breathe and allows it to get the full attention it needs. Be careful with large-scale prints that change colors over the course of a large repeat; the final look of your quilt might seem unbalanced if you haven’t anticipated how the different colors will be placed throughout your quilt.
Large-scale prints paired with a solid can work well in the right pattern. Try Dancing Cups or slip a few large-scale prints into the strips in Aurora.
Sewing with Various Fabric Types
Quilting cottons hold their shape well while also draping nicely in a finished quilt. You can easily substitute a striped fabric for pieced stripes, as long as it’s printed on quilting cotton.
Lighter fabrics such as lawns, voiles, or shirting material need to be pressed with starch or a nonstarch alternative, such as Flatter (by Soak), to help them hold their shape. The thinner material can often shift when cutting and sewing. To prevent warping of lines in strip sets, add body or stiffness with a starch before you cut. Without the stiffener, the strips may appear wavy or the strips could finish in different sizes than intended.
Knits are not recommended.
Selecting a Project
Some quilts like Beach Day, Fins, and Festoons make use of high-contrast strip sets. Bold colors are paired with white solids, and the result is a strong, crisp line.
The lines inside the curves of Festoons are black and white—maximum contrast!
The variety of pinks in Rouched adds depth to the design.
Several quilts use subtler tonal shifts in the stripes. Lys, Rouched, and Patio Lights are monochromatic, and the small shifts in color and value create a subtle almost texture-like effect.
Somewhere between tonal and contrasting stripes are really interesting multi or two-color variations. Retro Spin, Portals, and Tidbits find balance by using two colors. Heather samples from an almost rainbow for the bold lines in Aurora.