My dad's birthday is coming up and after thinking of million things to
get him (none of which he really needs or wants) I decided to make
him a lap sized quilt.
I started off by choosing a few of gray, black, and taupe fabrics + Kona Silver from my stash. And then I came across Leanne's newest tutorial for a gorgeously unique Plus Quilt and I knew instantly its modern simplicity would appeal to my dad.
This was such a fun and quick to sew quilt. I'm loving all those "empty" middles of many pluses and tons of negative space. Plus, I went with straight line quilting, of course. It's my favorite.
And a gray and white binding. I don't think I'll ever get tired of striped bindings.
The quilt finished at 54" x 60" (fabric was cut into 6" squares and I added 4" strips to both top and bottom).
All in all, I love the way this quilt turned out. Let's just hope my dad thinks so too :).
Have a lovely day friends. Svetlana
her tutorial was only published a (very) few days ago! You already made this?!! wow!!
ReplyDeletelove this so much, Svetlana.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Modern, fresh, yet simplistic. Great quilt.
ReplyDeleteA lovely quilt for your Dad - I'll go check out the tut for sizes, thanks :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! I love your sense of color!
ReplyDeleteKrásné, super barvy... krásné provedení, Svetlanko! J.
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! I love your fabric choices...the colors are beautiful. I love your blog and thank you also for introducing me to Leanne's "She Can Quilt" blog. I really love that quilters are such a generous community...one that's eager to share tutorials, patterns, blogs, etc.
ReplyDeleteI just love your color choices for this quilt.
ReplyDeleteThis is calming and understated, a perfect man-quilt. I really like the empty pluses and your use of negative space.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh I adore this! Beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteO-o-o-oh, what a great work! Your dad will love it for sure! Wish him much health and hapiness!
ReplyDeleteWow! I love this!
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ReplyDeleteHi, I wanted to ask, approximately how much of the Kona silver did you use? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt! I am sharing this on my FB page for more to enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI knew you would nail this one first time, and look at this fantastic quilt! I want to make one in a similar palette for me, another on the list.
ReplyDeleteGreat, calming quilt -- I love it!
ReplyDeleteLuuuuurve this quilt!! I have some similarly coloured fabrics to make another quilt for my Golfer and thought I might make a plus quilt - but I love the empty spaces in yours. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very beautiful quilt!! Now I want to make one in the same color scheme... copy cat!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is the name of the fabric you used for the back?
I love your placement of squares on this quilt. I'm sure your dad will love it!
ReplyDeletethanks for your version of the plus quilt! i am a total beginner and will be attempting to make a baby quilt or throw to start. I have two charm packs and will try to sew a quilt. If it is a fail I will donate it to my local project linus which accepts donations for sick children. I enjoy your Instagram page. thanks again for sharing your sewing talent.
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