What's my least favorite fabric to spend money on? It's probably a tie between plain background fabric and backing fabric. Backing fabric can get expensive, especially if you make lots of modern quilts. Read about four ways to save money on backing fabric and add a bit a pizzazz to your quilts.
Hey there! Today I'm talking all about my modern quilt pattern, The Taj. You know, like the Taj Mahal. More about the name and inspiration later... But let me just say The Taj is a block based quilt pattern which uses fat quarters and comes in two variations. This modern design looks great in solid fabrics, like the quilt I'm featuring today, or patterned fabrics. With 5 size options The Taj packs a punch.
The Rebekah is a modern quilt pattern which uses precuts of fabric to make a fun, scrambled looking quilt. It's modern design is jelly roll, fat quarter and yardage friendly. The Rebekah is geared toward the beginner quilter or the experienced quilter who wants a low key, fast and fun quilt pattern.
Lodhi Garden is a modern, block based quilt pattern designed for the beginner quilter. This quilt is especially modern in it's simplistic look. There is a large amount of white space so the focus is drawn completely to the colorful, modern flowers. Scraps, fat quarters or fat eighths all work great for this pattern. The more shades of colors the more the quilt comes alive.
