November 10, 2022

Hot and Cold in Make Modern magazine

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If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I love Make Modern magazine. If you're new here, now you know, too 😊 Issue 49 of Make Modern is now available and it includes my Hot and Cold quilt. You can get a copy of issue 49 here, or get a subscription, which would start with the current issue.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
Hot and Cold uses the traditional pineapple block, but in a fun, modern setting with lots of negative space. I actually designed it a couple of years ago, but it kept getting pushed back in the line of projects. Finally, I submitted it to Make Modern as a way of giving myself a deadline (if they accepted it), which would ensure it finally got done. This is not the first time I've used this method to get a project on the must-make list instead of the 'someday I'd like to make' list.

I used Northcott Colorworks solids to make my quilt and I love how the colours pop against the grey background.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
It was a lot of fun choosing which colours to use to create my warm and cool colourways. I think Hot and Cold would look great in other colour combinations, too, like maybe purples and greens (like She-Hulk!), reds and greens for Christmas or yellows and purples for spring.

The pineapple blocks are paper pieced, so I used freezer paper to make mine. Using freezer paper for paper piecing is like magic - no more ripping out bits of paper at the end! I also love that I can reuse the templates instead of needing a new piece of paper for every block.  If you'd like to know when I teach my next Paper Piecing with Freezer Paper workshop, you can sign up for The Bulletin here.  Subscribers always get early access to sign up for workshops.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
When it came time for the quilting, I wasn't sure how I wanted to quilt the pineapple blocks, so I started with the swirls in the background, using Aurifil 2600 50 wt. I was playing thread chicken, since my cone of 2600 was almost gone, so I ended up putting a slightly darker grey in the bobbin to try to extend the top thread far enough. It worked! There's a bit of thread left on the cone, but it definitely wouldn't have been enough to have been the bottom thread for the whole background.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
Then I switched to Aurifil 5005 and quilted simple back and forth lines in the teal sections of the Cold pineapple blocks. At that point I thought I'd also quilt in the blue sections, but I really liked how they puffed up with the teal and the background quilted, so I decided to leave them unquilted instead.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
With Aurifil 2110, I did the same back and forth lines in the yellow sections of the Hot blocks and left the orange sections unquilted.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
It was so hard to get pictures of this quilt! As usual, I was short on time because I can never seem to be ahead of the deadlines, so I didn't have a lot of time to work with to get good weather. And of course, it was windy.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
We almost gave up, meaning I'd have to settle for indoor pictures, but then we found this little spot that was kind of protected from the wind. The dirt road doesn't make for the prettiest of backdrops, but it's better than anything inside would have been.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
I did get some pictures in the grass in our backyard, too. I love how these ones show off the texture from the quilting!
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
And these blocks that kind of intertwine in the center of the quilt just make me happy.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com
Make Modern is a digital magazine, so if you buy issue 49 or subscribe today, you'll be able to download it and get straight to reading it. Or you could get right to pulling fabric for Hot and Cold or any of the other fabulous projects included in this issue.
Hot and Cold quilt pattern | DevotedQuilter.com

4 comments:

  1. This is SUCH a great design Leeanne. I was tickled to se you had another quilt in the magazine. That's good strategy too to submit to them...I have a 'few' I should do that with! The quilting on this is just stunning, and the photographs terrific.

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  2. I'm not a modern quilter, but I do like pineapple blocks. I love the colors you used!

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  3. I love what you did here! Congrats on another publication! I love your strategy for publication...sounds like a bonus...you get the quilt in the magazine and finally get to make it!

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  4. What a beautiful design and fun interlocking of the colorways, Leanne. And of course your quilting elevates the design. I'm glad you thought to pick a different thread color for the bobbin to extend the top 2600 thread on your cone; smart!

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