Color Options from Quilts and More Winter 2009
We know you love the projects printed in Quilts and MoreT. We took inspiration from the magazine and created Web-exclusive projects.
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Flannel Stars and Trees Throw
Web-Exclusive Bonus Project
Flannel quilts are just the right weight to carry to an outdoor event or curl up with by the fireplace, making them the ultimate cover-ups for cool fall days. Designer Peggy Kotek sprinkled 25 pieced blocks—trees, stars, and bow ties—among assorted setting squares to make a generous-size throw.Click here to download instructions needed to make this quilt.
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Hot Tamale
This one’s sizzling hot and super simple. If you can cut a strip and sew a seam, you can make this quilt in a heartbeat. -
Hot Tamale Color Option
Simple Strips
Need a quick gift for Valentine’s Day? This time-saving quilt involves just five rows of multicolored rectangles that are finished by long sashing strips and a border from a single novelty print. The vintage-inspired prints from Love Notes by Faye Burgos for Marcus Fabrics are mixed with complementary fabrics.
Click here to download instructions needed to make this throw.
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Curve Appeal
The secret to the structure of this shapely tote hides from view. It’s fusible fleece. -
Curve Appeal Color Option
Quilted Tote Bag
Fashion and function combine in a rugged bag composed of fabrics from Floating Flowers collection by Kaffe Fassett for Westminster Fabrics, plus a complementary stripe. Pockets outside and in allow easy access to keys, phone, and other small items.
Click here to download instructions needed to make this bag.
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Trim a Tree
Love to make yo-yos? That’s the only sewing on a one-of-a-kind holiday tree centerpiece. -
Trim a Tree Color Option
Yo-Yo Egg
Yo-yos turn common foam eggs into holiday treasures. Gather a selection of spring fabrics, make yo-yos, and secure them to eggs with buttons and bead-topped pins to create an easy holiday centerpiece.
Click here to download instructions needed to make this project.
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Sand & Surf
Can you believe this strippy beauty is just a fancy version of a Rail Fence design? -
Sand & Surf Color Option
Bright Four-Patch Throw
Rich black tone-on-tone background fabrics let lively Four-Patch units sparkle in this Amish-look quilt. Fabrics are a series of tone-on-tones from a Fusions collection for Robert Kaufman Fabrics.
Click here to download instructions needed to make this quilt.
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Rhapsody in Blue
Can you keep a secret? This Single Irish Chain quilt showcases a simple Nine-Patch in disguise. -
Rhapsody in Blue Color Option
Fat-Quarter Floral Throw
Make a gardenlike quilt using Nine-Patch blocks and 9-1/2” floral setting squares. Use a variety of fat quarters for a scrappy look or use fewer fabrics for a controlled look. We used fabrics from Full Bloom by Bari J for Windham Fabrics.
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Market Fresh
Start it in the morning, and by afternoon you’ll have the prettiest reuseable tote at the farmer’s market. -
Market Fresh Color Option
Reusable Market Bag
Start this in the morning, and by afternoon you’ll have a cloth tote for the farmer’s market or grocery store. For this spacious bag project maker Judy Sams Sohn chose eye-catching blue-and-white prints from Always & Forever collection by Alex Anderson for P&B Textiles.
Click here to download instructions needed to make this bag.
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