Dazzle quilt pattern
>> Saturday, June 20, 2020
The Dazzle quilt pattern was created during a design challenge.
Without giving too much away ;), I was playing with making a modern quilt. For me that means a quilt with large blocks, no borders and a dynamic tension created by colour, or space, or a combination of both. Wow, a lot to think about when designing. Yes and no; this quilt was made during a one month design challenge. The challenge was to make a block and set it in a pattern every day. It was the daily practice of play that resulted in this design!
My test blocks made up into a quilt look like this
I've mostly played with making this quilt pattern using solids or fabrics that read as solid from far away (or even just when squinting!) Partly because the design really shows itself when the piecing is so well defined by the separate fabrics, and partly because a lot of modern quilts are made with solid fabrics.
When I started to play with the fabrics in the Good Vibes line by Christa Watson, I used some of the lighter fabrics and used two light fabrics for the background fabric.
Here is a virtual sample of Dazzle in the baby quilt size
This line of fabric is great for its equal amount of light and dark prints. As much as I love this happy version of Dazzle, for the sew along I've chosen some of the bolder Good Vibes fabrics for a lap size version.
This pattern works well with a variety of types of fabric. The actual shapes in the quilt are very traditional. The quilter gets to choose how much contrast they want based on the fabrics. In fact, you could make each block with a different fabric - maybe from your stash - to add your own personal dazzle to this quilt.
A modern fun design for quilters.
You can find the Dazzle quilt pattern in my online shop
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Sarah V.
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3 comments:
That looks like a great pattern! I can see it in a number of different fabrics - including very traditional ones - or red and green for Christmas!
Thanks Jannette! You're right - this would be a great pattern to use some of the fun Christmas novelty prints that come out - as well as a simple red and white. Maybe with gold and white accents :)
I meant red and green! :)
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