Neon Houses

My Modify Tradition Swap quilt is finished and out the door.  I mailed it on Thursday; hopefully it has already arrived (because I'm revealing it right now)!

This quilt measures 13.5"x13.5" and is constructed of four paper-pieced house blocks.  Fabrics used include a selection of batiks and Kona cotton solids.  I machine quilted this quilt in an orange peel (also known as pumpkin seeds) pattern over each block.

After a binding mishap (cutting it too small, attaching it, realizing it was too small, and ripping it off), I hand-finished the binding in one short sitting.  The corners are perfect, if I do say so myself.

To create my label I used the Electric Quilt Co. printable fabric in premium cotton lawn.  I first used a word processor to design my label.  Then, I printed it on printable fabric and cut the label in one long strip.  Finally, I pinned the label into the corner of the quilt and trimmed it down to a proper size.  I attached it when I finished the binding.

MT Swap Inspiration

I love quilts!  There's something about all that patchwork that just makes me absolutely giddy.  My favorite quilts are bold and geometric.  Quilts that exhibit brights against a pale, neutral background are especially gorgeous.  I really love star blocks (couldn't you tell by my Round 2 picks?) of all types.  Flying Geese are some of the coolest traditional blocks I've ever seen; I love them en masse or just a few sprinkled over a solid background fabric.  Right now I'm really digging quilts that use the same block in multiple sizes, like these two.

There are no colors that I hate, but I'm not a fan of dusty colors or a shabby chic look.  I especially love chartreuse, magenta, and gray.  Prints, batiks, and solids are all acceptable fabrics in my book.

Perhaps the only thing I really hate is when a quilt isn't squared up properly.  I think it makes the overall piece look badly done, no matter how nice the piecing and quilting may be.  Any shape is fine, but I particularly love equilateral square quilts.

I can't wait to see what my partner makes for me!  I wonder if I'll be able to pick it out of the flickr pool...