Showing posts with label tumbling blocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tumbling blocks. Show all posts

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Highlights of Quilt Arizona! (4)

The 2025 Quilt Arizona show features hundreds of quilters, many of whom spend the winter months in this sunny locale.  Here are some highlights from the show.  We hope you enjoy our photos!

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Moving Parts, made and quilted by Claire Victor 


Winner of a blue ribbon for 1st place in the Modern-Solo category, plus a special award for Exemplary Professional Machine Quilting, Claire Victor says: "Moving Parts was designed using Procreate [design software]. I am trying to create dimension and motion without shading or painting.  The background quilting design is my modern tribute to crazy quilting.  This is English paper pieced and machine quilted on a domestic Bernina machine." 

 
Claire's exemplary machine quilting can be seen in the closeup photos, with different quilting designs applied to each of the "segments" of the design. 

Wonkydoodle, made and quilted by Geri Cavanagh  


Winner of a special award for Excellent Use of Color, Geri Cavanagh says: "This is way outside my box.  I usually make quilts with traditional blocks and civil war fabrics.  I stretched my creativity with this since I had no plan and no pattern. I just developed into this wild and crazy quilt which I love."

She continues, "I found a purple and green print, and a Caryl Bryer Fallert Gradations print, then matched them with colorful, upbeat and wonky fabrics. I started doodling with purple and green strips of various widths. Some were too short, so I cut them which left a hole to be covered with a circle... I had no idea how it was going to turn out. It was fun to use my creativity and let it develop."

Freedom, made and quilted by Frances Murphy


This original design was given the NACQJ Award of Merit  by the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges.  Frances Murphy says that she pondered how to tell a story about freedom. She used birds because they are icons of freedom (as reflected in the saying "free as a bird".) The theme is depicted in 4 panels, from the open door of a bird cage on the left, to birds flying over the city, to birds viewed in their natural habitat in the wild. She says, "I love working with graphic design and color to create emotion and depth in my quilts."

Peacock Patchwork, made and quilted by Linda Hopkins

It was so much fun to see this colorful and unique quilt with its many details. Linda Hopkins says, "When cleaning out my Crazy Quilt fabrics, I discovered a multitude of peacocks.  In this color-washed Crazy Quilt I have incorporated vintage doilies, beads, buttons, and many of the peacocks that I purchased over the years. Enjoy the journey." (And so we did!)  Winner of Honorable Mention at the show.


Bottle Vases, made and quilted by Merci Apodaca

Made with machine-embroidery appplique with organza overlay on vases, this lovely piece won 2nd place in the Machine Embroidery category.  Merci Apodaca says, "I chose to make this quilt because it reflects my love of flowers.  It's been challenging growing flowers in AZ.  The next best thing would be to embroider flowers.  Published design: Anita Goodesign Embroidery.


 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Arizona Quilters Guild show.

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Modern Quilt Month: Three Dimensions

It's Modern Quilt Month here at Quilt Inspiration! We'll be posting a new modern quilt each weekday... we hope you enjoy our photos!

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Modern Plumbing, design by Malcolm Neifeld, made & quilted by Kris Neifeld


What a clever variation on a tumbling block!  Light, medium and dark values create the optical illusion. Malcolm Neifeld says, "Most of my time is taken up by school, so after designing this and choosing fabrics, my mom pieced the top.  I chose the quilting. This was designed in the midst of my isometric 3-D fascination.  I wanted to make more than a cool cube, and gave myself the challenge of writing the instructions without the use of "Y" seams."

Image credit: Photo taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2023 Quilt Fiesta (Tucson, Arizona).

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Modern Quilt Month: Hexicube Star

It's Modern Quilt Month here at Quilt Inspiration! We'll be posting a new modern quilt each weekday... we hope you enjoy our photos! Today's fun quilt is an optical illusion using cubes.

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Hexicube Star by Kris Neifeld

Kris Neifeld's Hexicube Star is based on an original design by Malcolm Neifeld.  In this unique design, six cubes are arranged in an overlapping fashion, creating a star in the middle. Kris says, "Malcolm has designed many quilts over the past few years... I had the privilege of constructing this one." 


 As in tumbling blocks quilts, these hexagons have three faces that range from light to medium to dark values, creating the 3D illusion.  For more tumbling blocks variations, please check out our Free Pattern Day for Tumbling Blocks Quilts:

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Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2023 Quilt Fiesta (Tucson, Arizona).

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Free pattern day! Tumbling Blocks quilts

Tumbling blocks are quilts of illusion! The traditional tumbling blocks pattern lends the appearance of three dimensions. Here are some FREE patterns for you to enjoy. To go to a pattern: Scroll down the page until you see the quilt you like, then click on the words "CLICK for PDF download" (or the hyperlinked website name) in the title above the quilt.  

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Prismatic Quilt, 40” x 60”, free pattern at Cloud 9 Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Cubism quilt, 48 x 60”, free pattern at Cloud Nine Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Tumbling Blocks quilt, ~45 x 54”, free pattern by Marcia Evans Moore for Michael Miller Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Casting Shade quilt, 72 x 96”, free pattern by Emily Cross for American Quilters Society (CLICK for PDF download)

Central Park quilt, 52 x 59”, free pattern by Kate Spain for Moda Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

City Blocks quilt, ~56 x 53”, free pattern by Jennifer Parks for P&B Textiles (CLICK for PDF download)

City Nights quilt, 37 x 56”, free pattern by Sally Ablett for Lewis & Irene (CLICK for PDF download)

Crosswinds quilt, 76 x 85”, free pattern by Natalie Crabtree for Anthology Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Geometrix quilt, 52 x 58”, free pattern by Sally Ablett for Lewis & Irene (CLICK for PDF download)

Hole in the Barn Door x3, free pattern by Joe Arnold for AQS (CLICK for PDF download) + (CLICK for templates)

Into The Blue quilt, 59 x 72”, free pattern by Larene Smith for Hoffman Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Striped Boxes quilt, 81 x 88”, free pattern for Kaffe Fassett Collective at Free Spirit Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Cool Blocks Quilt for Kaffe Fassett Collective, ~73 x 82”, free pattern at Free Spirit Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Time for Bed quilt, ~47 x 59”, free pattern by Stacey Day for Dear Stella Design (CLICK for PDF download)

Lord of the Manor quilt, 36 x 50”, free pattern by Paper Pieces for Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Magic Squares quilt, 48 x 70”, free pattern by GillyMac Designs (CLICK for PDF download)

Rise Up quilt - Nara, 60” square, free pattern by Pink Hippo Quilts for Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Rise Up quilt - Orbit, free pattern at Andover Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Steppin Up quilt, 70 x 88”, free pattern by Wendy Sheppard for Anthology Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Stepping Up the Volume, 70 x 88”, free pattern by Wendy Sheppard for Windham Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Brick and Mortar wall quilt, 22 x 28”, free pattern by Whistler Studio for Windham Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Terrarium quilt, 52.5 x 60”, free pattern by Bonnie Christine and Maxie Makes for Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Third Dimension quilt, ~42 x 45”, free pattern by Jinny Beyer (CLICK for PDF download)

Catwalk quilt in two sizes (53 x 59” or queen), free pattern by Jinny Beyer (CLICK for PDF download)



Scrappy Blocks quilt, free pattern by Jinny Beyer (CLICK for PDF download)

Boxes block in 3 sizes (6-12"), free pattern by Jinny Beyer (CLICK for PDF download)


Cubist Illusion pillow, 20 x 14”, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Cubic Square Pillow, 18 x 22”, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

Cubist Illusion pillow, 22 x 14”, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)


Interlink (woven) Pillow, 12” square, free pattern at Art Gallery Fabrics (CLICK for PDF download)

 

Image credits: This post was updated on October 5, 2024. Individual images and videos are copyrighted by their owners. Please respect their generosity in sharing their free patterns, and the restrictions they have placed on the use of these designs; complete information can be found at the designers' websites provided in the links. The photo montage shown on this page is a derivative work that is the property of Quilt Inspiration. If any links are broken, we'd love to know so we can fix it. Please email us at QuiltInspiration {at} gmail {dot} com. 

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