Bryan House Quilts

Make Modern Triangles Member Spotlight #22

Block of the Month Program· Modern Triangle Quilts· quilt along

This week’s featured member

The Make Modern Triangles member spotlight is on Shirley M. who brings her colorful quilts to the Bryan House Quilts blog this week.

She describes her quilting ID as traditional. Take a look at her gallery below and you’ll see that Shirley is a bright colors enthusiast and tackles challenging block patterns.

QUILTING Faves and NOT-so-FAVES

What is your favorite quilt make of all time?

They are all favourite until the next one comes along 😊

Diamond quilt blocks formed into star blocks in colorful rainbow fabrics made by Make Modern Triangles member Shirley M.

What are your favorite parts of quilting?

Piecing!

What are your least favorite parts of quilting?

Free motion quilting.

Sparkler BOM test block month 3 and blocks for months 1 and 2 in the Make Modern Triangles club.

Learning IN MAKE MODERN TRIANGLES

When you joined Make Modern Triangles, what did you want to learn and/or accomplish?

I have heard of FFP (freezer paper piecing) and wanted to try it out. Really enjoying it!

What do you like about quilting with triangles?

It’s easy to do and I have fun with colors.

Foundation pieced feathered start quilt wall hanging by Shirley M., Make Modern Triangles featured member.

Quilted wall hanging in teal, tan and brown colors.

Featured spotlight Make Modern Triangles member Shirley M. shows her applique quilt in black and gold colors.

What’s next on your learn-to-do list?

How to use my embroidery machine to quilt my blocks on small projects.

Featured spotlight Make Modern Triangles member Shirley M. quilted wall hanging applique quilt in black, blues and tan colors.

What is your next project?

I’m hoping to make a Prism quilt. It looks like a stain glass window.

Stained glass quilted wall hanging in tans, teals and brown colors made by Shirley M.

Brightly colored large prints set in diagonal striped blocks. Made by Shirley M. featured member spotlight.

Quilt blocks made with values of green fabrics to appear three dimenstional.

Shirley’s Stash and SEwing Space

Describe your fabric stash.

Growing…and growing: I’m a serious collector and started adding fabrics to round out my color and print selections

Describe your sewing space and what you like about it.

I have use of most of the basement for the last few years so I LOVE that I now have a large cutting table – two 6-foot tables together.

High contrast white and brown half square triangle blocks quilt made by Shirley M., Make Modern Triangles member.

INSPIRATION

Do you belong to a quilt guild?

I’m hoping to join the one here in town since we just moved.

Where do you find inspiration for your quilting?

Facebook, local quilt stores, road trip quilt shops.

Small pieced squares in a bargello style quilt made with purple, blue and ecru colors.

When you aren’t quilting, what interests do you enjoy?

My next favourite after quilting is reading.

Make Modern Triangles featured member Shirley M.'s quilt made with color harmonies in green, red and gold prints and blender fabrics.

Thank you, Shirley, for sharing your colorful quilts with us!

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Comments

  2. Nan B says

    I love your work, Shirley! The two color landscape in particular, is fabulous! Keep up the great work!

  3. Debbie Ueda says

    I too love the quilts you shared with our group. I also have created several quilts with my embroidery machine and love the way they look. Thank you for sharing your work.

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