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This week Make Modern is celebrating the release of their 50th issue and I'm honoured to have my Illusion quilt included in it. You can get a copy of issue 50 here or you can subscribe here and get access to the issue right away as part of your subscription.
Illusion was hard to name! I love the illusion of overlapping squares in the middle, though, so that's what finally inspired the name.
Illusion uses only 3 fabrics. I chose two shades of purple Colorworks solids from Northcott along with their Toscana print in Picket Fence for the background. I love the simplicity of the limited colour palette.
I love the simplicity of the design, too. It's a medallion quilt with a lot of negative space, which is the same concept I used for my Medallion Magic pattern. Also like with Medallion Magic, I made Illusion a rectangular quilt by adding the last borders only to the top and bottom of the design.
When I was asking for name suggestions, quite a few people commented on how these shapes reminded them of Pac-Man. I hadn't even noticed that, but they're right! It wasn't what I wanted for a name, but it did make me smile every time someone mentioned it.
If you're wanting to learn to sew curves in 2023, join me for a virtual Conquering Curves workshop on January 21st to learn all my tips and tricks for successfully sewing curved seams! We'll be using my Noodles pattern, included free with your registration, and everything you learn will apply to any curved seam, like these ones. Register for the workshop here!
As always, I used Warm and Natural batting inside and quilted it with Aurifil 50 wt thread. These flowers in the little squares were super easy. I stitched around the edge of the square, then across both diagonals, then quilted continuous curves to create the flower petals. With just a bit of travel stitching (along one side to get to the start of the second diagonal line), I was able to do all of that quilting without breaking the thread.
There are wishbones in the arrow blocks and plumes in the drunkard's path blocks. My favourite part of the quilting, though, is the loopy meander in the background. It makes me think of old-fashioned eyelet fabric!
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Apparently I didn't take a picture of the whole back of the quilt and we're in the middle of a snowstorm right now, so we'll have to make do with this partial-back picture. |
Congratulations on another lovely design and publication, Leanne! I love the simplified color palette and choice of the dark purple for the binding. Your quilting really brings the quilt to life!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun design! I love the illusion of movement with the circles and the arrows(?) at the top and bottom - and the colours are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI'm gobsmacked! This is beautiful! All the parts move so well together! And love the colors. Thanks for sharing this
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