Color Options and Web-Exclusive projects from American Patchwork & Quilting® February 2009

Reproduction prints let you re-create the look and feel of an antique quilt. Foundation piecing ensures accuracy and helps speed construction time.

Sawtooth Stars & Squares

Blend retro prints from the Groovy Geos collection for Timeless Treasures with solid black. When you're making a quilt with busy prints such as these, the use of a solid sashing fabric helps give the eye a place to rest between blocks.

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What looks like intricate curved piecing on this sweet throw isn't actually piecing, but rather curved appliqués layered atop an easy-to-make foundation block.

Curved Appliqué Table Runner

Use fusible appliqué for a quick and easy version of Loves Me, Loves Me Knot. Each block features a print and coordinating solid from Granny's Treasures collection by Nancy Mahoney for P&B Textiles.

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The cool colors and organic motifs of batiks give a contemporary throw a calming vibe. Horizontal rows of stitches flow like rivers across the quilt, adding to its serene feeling.

Simple Squares & Bars

Editor Jill Abeloe Mead made her version of Zen using Kaffe Fassett's shot cottons for Westminster Fabrics. "I was drawn to the simplicity of Zen, and the artful arrangement of the blocks was fun to experiment with," says Jill.

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Even if you never played this two-jump-rope game in grade school, you'll enjoy pairing up the pieces for a happy-go-lucky quilt. Stars within stars and triangles within triangles play off each other for piecing fun.

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Four Corners Wall Hanging

Tone down the contrast in a 44"–square rendition of Double Dutch. Frame the blocks with a black print for the inner and outer borders. All fabrics are from Kim Diehl's Country Haven collection for Henry Glass & Co.

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This simple beauty's colors pay homage to a cherished but worn antique quilt. The unexpected dark background perfectly sets off the machine-appliquéd pieces
done in soothing, soft colors.

Big Block Throw

Bold botanical prints take the place of appliquéd blocks in this version of Faded Rose. The throw features two collections from FreeSpirit Fabrics-Prairie Gothic by
Jane Sassaman and Park Slope by Erin McMorris.

Editor Elizabeth Tisinger made yet another version and says, "The gentle curves
of the rose appliqués lend themselves to needle-turn appliqué, a technique I love for its portability."

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Snuggle up with snowballs? It's possible when they're Snowball blocks made of reproduction 1890s shirting fabrics.

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Flannel Snowballs

A cozy group of flannels from Bonnie Sullivan's Winter Wonderland collection and the Woolies collection, both for Maywood Studios, inspired quilt tester Laura Boehnke to make this 38-1/2"-square version of So Many Snowballs.

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Spicy red and warm brown reproduction fabrics cut in angular shapes offer a distinctive look. Strip piecing and rotary cutting make quick work of the double-bed-size quilt.

Over the Moon Throw

Do you want to make a quilt as a baby shower gift, but have only a few days to get it done? In this version of Cinnamon & Nutmeg, the large diamonds are single pieces of fabric, rather than the pieced strips of the original. Use whimsical prints from the Over the Moon collection by David Carter Brown for Wilmington Prints to create a 45-1/2x56-1/2" child's quilt.

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A dark background with subtle color shifts quietly supports a vivid center square set on point. Careful placement of triangle-squares highlights their diagonal seams.

Wild Triangle-Squares Wall Hanging

Take Checkerboard Square on safari by using the Kalahari collection of Artisan Batiks by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman Fabrics. Batiks in the center square have less contrast than the original, blending for a watercolor effect. To better showcase the fabric motifs, use 4" squares and triangle-squares and a 5"-wide-finished border to frame the piece.

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