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Making Color Alchemy with BOM Quilts

Block of the Month Quilt· Rainbow Quilt

18 Sep

We can’t turn lead into gold, but our members are making color alchemy! They have used surprising and playful color combinations to create limitless versions of the Alchemy BOM quilt. Something magical is happening here and see every new block in the slideshow below.

Each month adds a new ring around the previous one and the colors change the design as we go. We’ve captured all of the mesmerizing quilts in progress in our slideshow below. True alchemy? Maybe. Surprising, jaw-dropping color combinations? Oh, yeah.

The three-part equation is simple: One part quilter, one part creativity and one part playful color. When we mix these together, fresh combinations take shape. Members can use my pre-set colorways or riff on their own versions, like this one by Liesbeth T.,

Alchemy BOM rainbow color palettes

and this one by Jennifer L.,

color alchemy with rainbow colors

and this one by Taffy S.

rainbow color palettes

MAKING COLOR ALCHEMY WITH FABRIC PULLS

Our Make Modern Triangles members post their fabric pulls in our Triangle Chatter community when they plan their BOM quilts. All rainbow palettes but no two alike. Impossibly true and I love it!

fabrics in rainbow colors

A special shout out for Debra H.!

Our member Debra H. won Best in Show for Machine Quilting at the New Mexico State Fair for her version of the Aurora BOM! Whoops, claps and hugs for Debra! Congratulations on your machine quilting award!

CelebratING OUR MEMBERS PROGRESS

The slideshow is a celebration of all the tada moments from choosing fabrics to making the first blocks to finishing a beautiful BOM quilt.

Enjoy the show and happy quilting!

Rebecca xo

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Hey there! I’m Rebecca, an author and teacher and freezer paper piecing evangelist. I’m also the founder of the Make Modern Triangles Quilt Club.

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Every quilter inevitably reaches a point in their Every quilter inevitably reaches a point in their quilting journey where they have more projects and things to do than they can do themselves! 😅

I’ve been quilting for years. I’ve designed quilts, written books about quilting, taught thousands of quilters how to make quilts, and that is exactly why I don’t quilt my quilts myself. 

If I did, they simply would NEVER get done! 

I have in the past, I’ve learned that it’s okay to let someone else do the part that might otherwise keep my quilt sitting in a pile for another six months. 🙌

I have a wonderful local quilter I work with, and I’m even looking for someone to do some custom quilting on Alchemy because I want the quilting to be just as special as the design.

Do you quilt your own quilts, send them to a quilter, or do a little of both? ✨
 

 #modernquilting #quiltteacher #quiltingtutorial #quiltingtips #beginnerquilter
You want to know what REALLY scares a quilter? 👻😂 You want to know what REALLY scares a quilter? 👻😂

👉 Cutting your favorite fabric wrong.
👉 Hearing a brand-new sound come out of your sewing machine.
👉 Realizing you sewed an entire batch of blocks together on the wrong sides.

These are only a few of the things that haunt us and keep us up all night... I know you all have your own scaries! 

Quilters, share what haunts you in the comments! 👻

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
When I decided it would be fun to do TWO Block of When I decided it would be fun to do TWO Block of the Month programs in one year, I knew Alchemy was going to be A LOT. 😅

I wanted this quilt to be a challenge.

Something for my intermediate and advanced quilters who were ready to stretch their skills, try some trickier techniques, and make something that they’ll be super proud of but will make them a better quilter.

And now, getting to watch all of the Alchemy quilts coming together inside the Make Modern Triangles Club has been SO much fun.

Everyone is using different fabrics, different color palettes, making this quilt with different levels of experience. And block by block, everyone is making this design their own.

I think that’s one of my favorite things about teaching a challenging quilt this way.

You don’t have to look at the quilt design and feel like you know how to make every single part of it. You just have to be willing to learn the next part, and follow along block by block.

With good instructions, the right techniques, and a whole community of quilters figuring it out alongside you, you can make things that might have felt WAY outside your comfort zone when you started.

And then suddenly you’re looking at your blocks coming together, thinking...

Wait. I’M making that?! 🥹

If you’re making the Alchemy along with us, I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am, and if you want to make your own, comment ‘ALCHEMY’ and I’ll send you the details! 

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
If you love the precision of foundation paper piec If you love the precision of foundation paper piecing but could happily live the rest of your quilting life without sitting there picking tiny bits of paper out of every. single. seam...

You need to try this.

With freezer paper piecing, I don’t sew through the paper at all.

Instead, I use the folded edge of my freezer paper template as my guide, sew right alongside it, press, fold, trim, and keep going.

Which means when my block is finished, I  simply peel the freezer paper off.

That’s it. 😭🙌

Have you tried freezer paper piecing yet, or is this the first time you’re seeing it? Tell me below because I want to know! 👇

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
Finally! I remembered to post my clue! I’m working Finally! I remembered to post my clue! I’m working with 9 other quilters on a Collaborative Charity Quilt to benefit Social Justice Sewing Academy!

I’m capping off these wonderful makers:
❤️February: Kim Moos (@cotton_cuts)
❤️March: Ashelyn Down (@urbandwellstudio)
❤️April: Amanda Anderson (@mandyandydesigns)
❤️May: Tara Evans (@taraleequiltery)
❤️June: Yvonne Fuchs (@quiltingjetgirl)
❤️July: Jenna Hall (@jenna_hall)
❤️August: Kristy Lea (@quietplay)
❤️September: Vickeidy Plybon (@sewspicious)

I can’t wait to see the reveal! 

The raffle for the Mystery Quilt with a Mission is still open, and every ticket purchased goes directly to support the Social Justice Sewing Academy: 

https://bit.ly/support-SJSA
Every year there comes a moment when every quilter Every year there comes a moment when every quilter looks at the calendar and thinks...

WAIT. How is it almost November?! I was going to make Christmas gifts! 🎁

... Or is it just me?! 😅

The real question isn’t “When should I start holiday sewing?”

It’s “What am I making?”

If you’re planning a full quilt, I’d get sewing ASAP! 🤓 If you’re thinking table runners, pillows, stockings or smaller projects, you still have plenty of options. And there are lots of little handmade gifts you can realistically make much closer to the holidays.

The biggest thing is to work backward from when you actually need the gift, and be honest about how much sewing time you have.

But don’t turn something you love into a holiday obligation. I’d much rather see you make ONE gift you loved making than spend December stress-sewing twelve projects because you decided everyone you’ve ever met needed something handmade.

Are you making any handmade gifts this year? What are you making? 👇

#christmasquilting #handmadegifts #quiltingtips #holidayquilting
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Every quilter inevitably reaches a point in their Every quilter inevitably reaches a point in their quilting journey where they have more projects and things to do than they can do themselves! 😅

I’ve been quilting for years. I’ve designed quilts, written books about quilting, taught thousands of quilters how to make quilts, and that is exactly why I don’t quilt my quilts myself. 

If I did, they simply would NEVER get done! 

I have in the past, I’ve learned that it’s okay to let someone else do the part that might otherwise keep my quilt sitting in a pile for another six months. 🙌

I have a wonderful local quilter I work with, and I’m even looking for someone to do some custom quilting on Alchemy because I want the quilting to be just as special as the design.

Do you quilt your own quilts, send them to a quilter, or do a little of both? ✨
 

 #modernquilting #quiltteacher #quiltingtutorial #quiltingtips #beginnerquilter
You want to know what REALLY scares a quilter? 👻😂 You want to know what REALLY scares a quilter? 👻😂

👉 Cutting your favorite fabric wrong.
👉 Hearing a brand-new sound come out of your sewing machine.
👉 Realizing you sewed an entire batch of blocks together on the wrong sides.

These are only a few of the things that haunt us and keep us up all night... I know you all have your own scaries! 

Quilters, share what haunts you in the comments! 👻

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
When I decided it would be fun to do TWO Block of When I decided it would be fun to do TWO Block of the Month programs in one year, I knew Alchemy was going to be A LOT. 😅

I wanted this quilt to be a challenge.

Something for my intermediate and advanced quilters who were ready to stretch their skills, try some trickier techniques, and make something that they’ll be super proud of but will make them a better quilter.

And now, getting to watch all of the Alchemy quilts coming together inside the Make Modern Triangles Club has been SO much fun.

Everyone is using different fabrics, different color palettes, making this quilt with different levels of experience. And block by block, everyone is making this design their own.

I think that’s one of my favorite things about teaching a challenging quilt this way.

You don’t have to look at the quilt design and feel like you know how to make every single part of it. You just have to be willing to learn the next part, and follow along block by block.

With good instructions, the right techniques, and a whole community of quilters figuring it out alongside you, you can make things that might have felt WAY outside your comfort zone when you started.

And then suddenly you’re looking at your blocks coming together, thinking...

Wait. I’M making that?! 🥹

If you’re making the Alchemy along with us, I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am, and if you want to make your own, comment ‘ALCHEMY’ and I’ll send you the details! 

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
If you love the precision of foundation paper piec If you love the precision of foundation paper piecing but could happily live the rest of your quilting life without sitting there picking tiny bits of paper out of every. single. seam...

You need to try this.

With freezer paper piecing, I don’t sew through the paper at all.

Instead, I use the folded edge of my freezer paper template as my guide, sew right alongside it, press, fold, trim, and keep going.

Which means when my block is finished, I  simply peel the freezer paper off.

That’s it. 😭🙌

Have you tried freezer paper piecing yet, or is this the first time you’re seeing it? Tell me below because I want to know! 👇

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
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