My version of the Fiesta Wall Quilt from Quilting Modern

It's such a pleasure to be a part of Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen's blog celebration for their new and fabulous book, Quilting Modern. 

This book was so much fun to read.

Jacquie and Katie have provided thoughtful and approachable instructions for a variety of improvisationally-pieced quilt projects. The projects in Quilting Modern are simultaneously specific and open-ended, making it possible for quilters to either follow along closely or use the projects as jumping-off points, depending on their preference.

Looking at their projects and reading their instructions, it seemed like Jacquie and Katie had a great time writing this book, and their enthusiasm was contagious!

I was especially drawn to the strip-pieced Fiesta Wall Quilt. You may not be able to tell at first glance, but that block in the middle is only 10" x 10". That's a lot of piecing! I had to try it out.

Here's my version, before quilting. The blue fabric is a Japanese cotton/linen blend from Bolt in Portland. The red and orange solids are Kona Lipstick and Carrot.

The strip-piecing technique used in this project forced me to embrace randomness and chance a little more than I normally would, making it a great challenge for a fussy-cutting enthusiast like me.

The bubble quilting used in the book caught my eye, so I used it to quilt this mini. (It's 24" x 24" finished.) I even went a little crazy and used orange thread. 

I used leftover strips from the front to make a pieced strip for the back.

If you'd like to read more about Quilting Modern (And why wouldn't you? It's fabulous!) check out the complete list of blogs participating in the Weekend Celebration right here.

This is part of a series of posts about my new book, Modern Patchwork. You can read more here.

Thanks so much for following along this week! This is the last of four posts and we'll start with a photo of my Looptastic quilt. Looptastic is made with patchwork rings that are appliqued onto the quilt top. Looptastic and Owl eyes are the only two quilts in the book that use applique, but they each use slightly different machine applique techniques.

When I was planning this quilt, I was mildly obsessed with the idea of including prints with white backgrounds and white binding with a pale gray background and I love how the chartreuse and teal ended up looking with it.

Each of the quilts in Modern Patchwork is accompanied by two mini quilts showing alternate fabric choices and quilting designs. I'd like to show you the ones that go with Looptastic.

Here's the "make it with coordinates" version. Instead of colorblocking, like I did on the main quilt, I combined some warm solids with prints from Lizzy House's 1001 Peeps collection. Because the segments of each ring are made with templates, it was easy to fussy-cut some of the picture prints.

This is the "make it scrappy" version. There are all kinds of directions you could go with a scrappy version of this quilt. In this case, I used a Kona charm pack, plus a few scraps to make color wheel rings. I included a white space in each ring - just to break things up and add some interest.

Here's a peek at my Roller Rink quilt. I used value scales and long skinny blocks in this one to mimic the look of flashing lights. 

It was fun to make an "all red" quilt. Red is my favorite color, but I don't feel like I use it all that much in quilting. 

Roller Rink is another one that lends itself to lots of fabulous scrappy options.

Okay, so here's the last chance to win a prize package.

Today's prize package includes a copy of Modern Patchwork, templates for the Looptastic quilt (there are 9 templates for this one, so this is a great set to have!) from Jill at Tabslot, and 3 Kona Solid fat eighth bundles inspired by the Roller Rink, Looptastic, and Honey quilts. 

Roller Rink bundle includes: Kona Ruby, Rich Red, Poppy, tomato, Coral, Salmon, Snow, and Chocolate.

Looptastic bundle includes: Kona White, Ash, Jade Green, Carribean, Emerald, Peapod, Cactus, and Zucchini.

Honey bundle includes: Kona Cerise, Dark Violet, Pomegranate, Bright Pink, Berry, Lipstick, White, and Black.

To enter the giveaway drawing, leave a comment on this post. Comments will be open through Friday. A random winner will be selected and announced on Saturday. Good luck!