Color Options from Quilts and More Spring 2008

Designers: Cori Derksen and Myra Harder of Blue Meadows Design
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

Simple squares and rectangles combine with sashing to create a quick-to-finish springtime maze.

Chocolate & Jelly Beans
Inspired by "Lemons Bars" quilt makers Mary Pepper and Kathleen Williams
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

This delectable variation of "Lemon Bars" is made with 25 blocks (we chose the A unit) in a variety of prints from Calypso collection for Timeless Treasures. The alternating color placement of the chocolate and vanilla-colored block backgrounds make a lively 45-1/2"-square throw that's bound with a bias-cut companion stripe.
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Designer: Tammy Kelly
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

Colorful polka dots and swirling pinwheels offer a fun visual feast in this throw-size quilt.

Inspired by "Dots Nice" quilt makers Mary Pepper and Kathleen Williams
Quilter: Karen Gilson
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

Sometimes simple is best. Follow our lead and use the basic elements of "Dots Nice"–squares and rectangles–to create this colorful, cozy throw from the Prairie Paisley group for Moda Fabrics.
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Quilt maker: Mary Pepper
From Quilts and More Spring 2008
Woodland-inspired squares and triangles are quickly pieced and quilted in the ditch.

Inspired by "Green Piece" quilt maker Mary Pepper
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

To duplicate this easy-on-the-eyes variation of "Green Piece", use assorted prints from Lonni Rossi's Paint Box III for Andover Fabrics.
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Designers: Sarah Maxwell and Dolores Smith of Homestead Hearth
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

This quilt is made of two simple, all-time favorite blocks --Shoo-Fly and Nine-Patch.

Inspired by "Two Block Trick" quilt makers Mary Pepper and Kathleen Williams

Quilter: Karen Gilson
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

Want to turn up the heat on tradition? We used two collections of salsa-color fabrics from Maypole by April Cornell and Net of Jewels by Purl Patchwork for Moda to make sizzling, scrappy Nine-Patch blocks. Each block uses nine assorted stripe, plaid, and solid fabrics. The 18 Nine-Patch blocks alternate with 18 south-of-the-border solid squares to make a 54-1/2" square throw. If you're running short of fabric for binding, sew together assorted solid 2-1/2"-wide strips to finish the quilt with scrappy style.
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Inspired by "Spice is Nice" quilt makers Dorothy Faidley and Jacalyn Bell
Quilter: Karen Gilson
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

Cure your fear of triangles by turning squares into hourglass units with our easy-to-sew, no triangles technique. Add more squares and voila-out pop the stars. Designer Monica Solorio-Snow chose chocolate and citrus-tone Urban Chiks Blossom collection from Moda for this pretty patchwork project.

Inspired by "Spice is Nice" quilt makers Dorothy Faidley and Jacalyn Bell
Quilter: Karen Gilson
From Quilts and More Spring 2008

The colors in this quilt definitely say spring! Hourglass units are the secret to this easily pieced throw.

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