16 Jan Best Modern Quilts Blog Tour!
Welcome to Day 4 of the Best Modern Quilts blog tour! I’m Debbie Grifka of Esch House Quilts and there are very few things I’d rather do than design and make modern quilts! Quilter’s Newsletter, publisher of Best Modern Quilts, is giving away copies of the magazine and some wonderful fabric every day of the blog tour. Leave a comment on this blog (not theirs) to be entered for today’s giveaway. Entries close Thursday, Jan 16 at 12 midnight MST. Be sure to leave your email address so we can reach you if you are the winner. The contest is closed now. Thanks for playing along!
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| Crosswalk |
The quilt I have in this special issue is called Crosswalk. You might think I looked at a crosswalk and was inspired to make the quilt. Sometimes I work that way, but not this time. This time, I wanted to design something with open rectangle “boxes”. I love their simplicity and shape. So I played around with some sizes and layouts and settled on my final design. Then, when I looked at the finished quilt, I thought it looked kind of like a crosswalk. Sometimes I think coming up with the name is the hardest part of making a quilt! (I’m so glad I took that picture last year as this quilt definitely wouldn’t show up well with all the snow we have now!)
If you’re new here, I hope you’ll take a minute to look around. I have some fun free projects available and I’d love to come to your area to teach for your guild or fabric shop. You can also check out my patterns in either my Etsy or Craftsy shops.
Thanks for stopping by and good luck!
(PS You can buy a copy of Best Modern Quilts here)
Linda
Posted at 16:49h, 17 JanuaryHI, REALLY LIKE YOUR QUILT!
THANKS FOR SHARING A GREAT BLUE GIVEAWAY!
msstitcher1948@yahoo.com
Allison C
Posted at 14:41h, 17 JanuaryLooks like a cool magazine and I really love your crosswalk quilt.
Pam Schoessow
Posted at 14:04h, 17 JanuaryThe simplicity of this design makes it very appealing. Well done!
Marg
Posted at 08:46h, 17 JanuaryDebbie I love this quilt. Yes, sometimes finding a name for a quilt can be very difficult. Thanks for the chance in the giveaway.
Lisa E
Posted at 06:23h, 17 JanuaryVery cool quilts. Thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
Posted at 05:17h, 17 JanuaryI like the blue with the white; very crisp looking!
Linda V
Posted at 05:17h, 17 JanuaryLove the quilt! Thanks for the giveaway.
Linda V
Posted at 05:16h, 17 JanuaryLove the quilt! Thanks for the giveaway.
Anonymous
Posted at 05:12h, 17 JanuaryI just love the Crosswalk pattern–so clean and so fresh!
Robin
Posted at 04:27h, 17 JanuaryFun tour! I like your quilt! 🙂
Diane
Posted at 04:24h, 17 JanuaryI love your quilt along with many of your other projects. Thanks for sharing your work and thanks for the chance to win.
Anonymous
Posted at 03:55h, 17 JanuaryNice fresh design. tks Pam pjrcontest@msn.com
Joan H.
Posted at 03:33h, 17 JanuaryEnjoyed touring your blog. Lovely designs and quilts. The modern Crosswalk quilt is so beautiful!
Nancy
Posted at 03:29h, 17 JanuaryFantastic design!
Arita
Posted at 03:19h, 17 JanuaryThanks for a chance to win. I love your quilt design.
sophie
Posted at 03:13h, 17 JanuaryI love the open rectangular shapes in your quilt!
Karen Pryce
Posted at 02:51h, 17 JanuaryI have enjoyed touring around your blog. Beautiful modern quilt, Thanks for the chance to win some fabric.
Lorraine Lee
Posted at 02:47h, 17 JanuaryI like the straight lines of the quilt. I'm not good at reading directions and can do something like this by myself!
Sue Cleek
Posted at 02:33h, 17 JanuaryLove the clean look of modern quilts. Your designs are awesome!
Janet Greenslade
Posted at 02:28h, 17 JanuaryReally like your web site, modern quilts have always intrigued me and after looking at these, I'm thinking it's time to 'give it a go'…oh shucks that means I simply have to go material shopping…I'm up for the challenge 😉
Audrey
Posted at 02:19h, 17 JanuaryI just did a quick tour of your site and I like what I see. Simple, elegant quilts. Crosswalk is a favorite as is your Christmas Tree Farm pattern. Thanks for sharing.
Elizabeth
Posted at 02:18h, 17 JanuaryBeautiful pretty quilt!
scottylover
Posted at 02:15h, 17 JanuaryLove the crosswalk pattern! I think it would be great for a quilt for my nephew!
Sandy A
Heather J
Posted at 02:14h, 17 JanuaryA beautiful quilt and gorgeous FQs
Amy Verne
Posted at 02:09h, 17 Januaryi had just purchased this magazine when i saw the post! i would love to get a copy to pass to a friend.
Kimberly
Posted at 02:06h, 17 JanuaryI love the simple elegance of your quilt(s)!
ekquilter
Posted at 01:54h, 17 Januaryoh I am afraid of solids, but thining a blue & whited varigated quilt would be fun to try.
Janet
Posted at 01:07h, 17 JanuaryHi Deb! I was in your bird on a wire class at Quiltcon! I made a pillow with it! Love it!
moosecarol
Posted at 01:04h, 17 JanuaryVery fun blog post. I'd LOVE to have a new selection of fat quarters in solids!
moosecarol@centurylink.net
Anonymous
Posted at 01:01h, 17 JanuarySomething simple is best!!
I would love to enter for the prizes, but you have no way to leave an email address without publicly displaying it here, unless you have 1 of those "accounts"!!!
Jenny
Posted at 00:54h, 17 JanuarySo deliciously simple!
LG
Posted at 00:54h, 17 JanuaryI like your Etsy quilts!
Patricia McCumber
Posted at 00:39h, 17 JanuaryI saw one of your quilts on Flickr and even though I don't see myself going modern it grabbed my sttention. It was "follow me". Because of that one quilt I made a quilt loosely based on that pattern using some aboriginal prints. Thanks for the inspiration!
Anonymous
Posted at 00:28h, 17 JanuaryThanks for the opportunity to look at your blog and your quilting. You have some great ideas!
wlinda_ca@yahoo.com
Guppymomma
Posted at 00:27h, 17 JanuaryGreat design ideas!
Anonymous
Posted at 00:26h, 17 JanuarySimply beautiful!!
Geni Pickens
gpickens@wildblue.net
Debra Graham
Posted at 00:14h, 17 JanuaryVery interesting design. Thanks for the chance to receive those great Kona Cottons.
Margaret
Posted at 00:10h, 17 JanuaryI love it. You are so inspiring. Beautiful quilt.
Anonymous
Posted at 00:08h, 17 JanuaryFrom: 118. Anonymous
Oops! Forgot to include my name and email address – Eugenia Read beread@msn.com
Sandy
Posted at 00:08h, 17 JanuaryThat is a beautiful quilt. You are right – inspiration is everywhere!
Anonymous
Posted at 00:04h, 17 JanuaryI love your combination of simplicity and boldness to create a bright and clean quilt. Blues and whites are so versatile. The echoing really makes it pop. As a new quilter, I would definitely enjoy making this quilt from solid fabrics.
Cecilia
Posted at 23:55h, 16 JanuaryYour quilt is definitely modern with the clean simple lines. I love the blue/white combo you chose.
Anonymous
Posted at 23:46h, 16 JanuarySo simple, so nice!
Grace
Godon123@aol.com
Karen Aalders
Posted at 23:45h, 16 JanuaryPatterns like Crosswalk are what got me back to quilting. I've been experimenting with mainly solids for the past 1.5 years and have enjoyed the challenge! With traditional fabrics, it's so easy to hide the quilting and the piecing errors.
Thank you for adding your art to the quilting world. It's good to be quilting again.
Unknown
Posted at 23:44h, 16 Januarya very cute quilt– basic but neat. I like it.
Diane I
mdjssi at gmail dot com
Chrystal
Posted at 23:27h, 16 JanuaryYour Crosswalk quilt is a perfect example of modern quilting – a nice clean design, and the simple quilting really adds a lot to the design!
Chrystal
ca mb ro z@ ya ho o. co m
Rosieq
Posted at 23:21h, 16 JanuaryHello, I love the simplicity of Crosswalk…it spoke immediately of a quilt for the a grandchildren sleepover room in my home. It is perfect! If you select me, just bundle up the quilt… ;-)))
almstreet
Posted at 23:20h, 16 JanuaryBeautiful work!
Susan Paxton
Posted at 23:14h, 16 Januarymy daughter would love this in black and white. She is thoroughly modern. I am more traditional but love the looks of your quilt.
Melanie Varela
Posted at 22:41h, 16 JanuaryLove the blue on white. And the quilting is perfect for the design.
Darrilyn Matsuki
Posted at 22:39h, 16 JanuaryI love the color. I love the solids. Great design.
sewingnancy
Posted at 22:00h, 16 JanuaryI love the simplicity of it and yet its not at all boring. Would be stunning in green too
nancyannmcfall@yahoo.com
Anonymous
Posted at 21:55h, 16 JanuaryBlue is my absolute favorite color – and there are so many shades in this bundle! Wow. Thanks for the chance to win such a lovely grouping.
Cassie Zemer
Posted at 21:54h, 16 JanuarySuch a cool quilt! I love work in solids 🙂
cassiebartley@gmail.com
anna brown
Posted at 21:46h, 16 Januarywow very cool love the blues mmmmmmmvery nice quilt too,,,,happyness04431@yahoo.com
June Robertson
Posted at 21:44h, 16 JanuaryI love Crosswalk. It's really striking. Great job!
June Robertson
Posted at 21:44h, 16 JanuaryI love Crosswalk. It's really striking. Great job!
Helen Bazinet
Posted at 21:43h, 16 JanuaryI'm hoping to join the modern quilt group here, it sounds and looks interesting.
Brenda
Posted at 21:30h, 16 Januarylove crosswalk! congrats on being part of the magazine and thanks for a chance to win.
Karen
Posted at 21:28h, 16 JanuaryI'm not a huge fan of most modern quilts, but this one is terrific.!
Might be the color combo. Blue and white is timeless.
Happy Cottage Quilter
Posted at 21:27h, 16 JanuaryLove all the blues!! Congratulations and thanks!
charlene carmeans
Posted at 21:25h, 16 JanuaryI really like this quilt..I am finding that I am leaning to Modern quilting more and more..I love the traditional, but I love bright, bold, and unusual…SMILES..Great giveaway…Congratulations.
Anonymous
Posted at 21:23h, 16 JanuaryGood looking quilt! schroeppelr at yahoo dot com
Lisa
Posted at 21:17h, 16 JanuaryGreat quilt! Would love to win this!
lisamcgriff (at) Hotmail (dot) com
Parsley
Posted at 21:09h, 16 JanuaryI love the contrast, too!
Kris
Posted at 21:04h, 16 JanuaryI just love the high contrast that it seems only solid color can bring. Love this.
Verlaine
Posted at 21:01h, 16 JanuaryBlue is a color that seems to fit in anywhere.
Sallie
Posted at 20:55h, 16 JanuaryLove blue and white quilts.
tracy_a
Posted at 20:50h, 16 JanuaryReally lovely and fresh quilt – congrats on your publication!
Rose
Posted at 20:47h, 16 JanuaryI love this quilt! I envision seeing it in modern home magazine shots all over Pinterest!
GrannyTo8Boys
Posted at 20:46h, 16 JanuaryI love simple looking designs too. Good luck everyone.
Linda E in AZ
Posted at 20:36h, 16 JanuaryI like your Crosswalk design, and blue and white are always wonderful!
thanks
MarcieGrace
Posted at 20:34h, 16 JanuaryI can just see the Beatles on this crosswalk.
LoriTN
Posted at 20:32h, 16 JanuaryAs a new quilter I'm not sure yet whether modern or traditional quilts will be "my thing". I love the simplicity of your design and look forward to learning lots more quilt "stuff".
Sherri
Posted at 20:31h, 16 JanuaryI have just discovered this blog. So interesting! Thanks.
carolann
Posted at 20:27h, 16 JanuaryI love quilts made with rectangle blocks too! carolann427@aol.com
Anita
Posted at 20:16h, 16 JanuaryA very simple yet effective design. I really enjoy your blog
Anonymous
Posted at 20:02h, 16 JanuaryHi ! Nice site ! Crosswalk is cool too ! Great negative space for using my new longarm !
Linda atrsit@mind.net
NJ Girl
Posted at 19:58h, 16 JanuaryREALLY like the Crosswalk quilt.
Barb
Posted at 19:53h, 16 JanuaryLove it! I'd like to make this with orange on brown 🙂
Kay
Posted at 19:51h, 16 JanuaryPlain and simple.. I am beginning to appreciate!
Denise Inman
Posted at 19:49h, 16 JanuaryI like to look at traditional quilts but I find myself not making them. I love the play of fabric that results from experimentation.
Jane S.
Posted at 19:44h, 16 JanuaryI love that quilt. Time and again I am reminded that simplicity is beautiful. 🙂
Lisa Marie
Posted at 19:39h, 16 JanuaryThe Crosswalk quilt is lovely! Gorgeous quilts on your blog header too!
Malu
Posted at 19:30h, 16 JanuaryI love your graphic quilts and one especially. Sometimes simple things and structures are the most beautiful and most effective. I say hello from Germany.
Janie
Posted at 19:29h, 16 JanuaryCrosswalk is a very striking, yet simple quilt! Thank you!
Jane
Posted at 19:23h, 16 JanuaryLovely graphic quilt. Thanks for the giveaway!
GO STARS!
Posted at 19:11h, 16 JanuarySimple yet complex. Love the quilt.
Can see many ways I could make this all my own.
Quilting Tangent
Posted at 19:07h, 16 JanuaryI like your Urban Trail. Crosswalk is the perfect name for your other quilt. 24Tangent@gmail.com
Laine
Posted at 19:04h, 16 JanuaryCrosswalk is a great name for your quilt. I love the dark blue and white. Looks very clean and calming. Thanks for your giveaway.
Debbie
Posted at 19:02h, 16 JanuaryI would love to win a copy of the magazine. Thank you so much!
WhoMom
Posted at 19:01h, 16 JanuaryLove the rectangle boxes and the simple color design. Have you checked out the Kona Solids blog hop this week? Your quilt would fit right in.
Thank you for sharing.
EllenB
Posted at 18:58h, 16 JanuaryThe look of Modern quilts are growing on me and I'm enjoying sewing with solids. Great quilt!
Gill
Posted at 18:54h, 16 JanuaryI love your quilt!
I'm hoping I can enter from the UK???
PK Sews
Posted at 18:49h, 16 JanuaryI love the clean cool look of this quilt and the texture of the quilting lines. And as one of the other commentators noted, this quilt would look good in any setting, unlike some traditional quilts or some modern quilts. Its simplicity makes it classic. Thanks for sharing!
Becky
Posted at 18:40h, 16 JanuaryStriking minimal design.
Vicki H
Posted at 18:36h, 16 JanuaryGreat name for the quilt. I always find it hard to name a quilt.
Anonymous
Posted at 18:32h, 16 JanuaryHello! I really liked the way you quilted Crosswalk – lovely! Also like the idea of Sew Solid Sundays and the pillow you showcased with that blog entry. I think I may use that block in the scraptastic quilt that I'm working on for my sister. Cheers! (teamtroian@bell.net) Jessica T
darla dishman
Posted at 18:26h, 16 JanuaryWhat a beautiful quilt. Very neat, simple. Really good for a quilt to donate. Thanks for the giveway and the quilt. LOVE,LOVE,LOVE
kbo
Posted at 18:21h, 16 JanuaryNice sleek minimal work, nice quilt Debbie.
Christine S
Posted at 18:00h, 16 JanuaryYour quilt is great!
samtaylorcjsmimi
Posted at 17:58h, 16 JanuaryAwesome! Thanks so much for the chance to win! 🙂
samtaylorcjsmimi (at) yahoo (dot) com
Sharon
Posted at 17:57h, 16 JanuaryI love your Quilt thanks for the Great Give away
sharbus1@aol.com
Candee S
Posted at 17:53h, 16 JanuaryA lovely quilt!
Karen
Posted at 17:52h, 16 JanuaryBeautiful! Clean and simple, yet there is a complexity to it. Fantastic job!
Joy
Posted at 17:50h, 16 JanuaryLove, love, LOVE blue in all shades and tints.
Will Cook for Shoes
Posted at 17:43h, 16 JanuaryWhat a beautiful quilt! Simple lines, yet complex all at the same time!
tgallop@mts.net
http://www.willcookforshoes.ca
Tweela
Posted at 17:41h, 16 JanuarySo creative! Thanks for sharing not just the quilt but the process as well.
ittehgaps
Posted at 17:39h, 16 JanuaryIts funny how some quilts just shout it out and introduce themselves immediately while others are a little shy and you have to coax their name out of them. Its always a fun process. Love that blue bundle, my fav color.
Cindy bluemoonstencils@yahoo.com
Leanne Gifford
Posted at 17:39h, 16 JanuaryLove the simplicity of your quilt design!
DebraKay Neiman
Posted at 17:38h, 16 JanuaryYou are winning me over to modern. Happy New Year from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
Cathie
Posted at 17:36h, 16 JanuaryI like the graphic nature of your quilt!
patty a.
Posted at 17:29h, 16 JanuaryBeautiful piece! pattynubs at gmail.com
Anne
Posted at 17:28h, 16 JanuaryDebbie, I agree with you on naming quilts. It can be the hardest part. On another note I've had a quilt idea based on some actual photos I took of a crosswalk near my home for some time now but haven't gotten around to working it out yet. Funny how similar concepts pop up. I like your modern take on it.
Karen - Quilts...etc.
Posted at 17:26h, 16 Januarynice solids!
Anonymous
Posted at 17:26h, 16 JanuaryI love this new trend in quilting..'Modern quilts' …your quilt looks so fresh,like it…martamanole@yahoo.com
Crickets Corner
Posted at 17:26h, 16 JanuaryYou chose the perfect name for your quilt. Love the color choice and how graphic it is.
Anonymous
Posted at 17:26h, 16 JanuaryLove the simplicity of this and many other modern quilts.
maggi
Posted at 17:17h, 16 JanuaryI like your crosswalk quilt. By using solids, you made the design really pop! Makes me want to run out and buy some non-print fabric!
Ruth Rocker
Posted at 17:09h, 16 JanuaryYour Crosswalk quilt is very graphic and definitely modern. It would, however, look good in any setting, I think. Well done, indeed.
JanineMarie
Posted at 17:07h, 16 JanuaryBeautiful! Simple designs can be so striking!
Slice of Pi
Posted at 17:04h, 16 JanuaryLove this one! And great name!
Mrs. Sinclair
Posted at 17:03h, 16 JanuaryOops, forgot my email…. heymrss@gmail.com
Mrs. Sinclair
Posted at 17:03h, 16 JanuaryLove, love, love your choice of colors. This is beautiful in its simplicity.
Anonymous
Posted at 17:02h, 16 JanuaryLove the simplicity of the quilt!! Thank you and congrats!! Diane Lussier at TieDi54@aol.com
Anonymous
Posted at 17:01h, 16 JanuaryLove those blues…would work well with my 100 Block Quilt!
travlingal
Posted at 17:00h, 16 Januaryreally like this — with the blues especially but wonder how a forest walk might look>
Lynn Makrin
Posted at 16:57h, 16 JanuaryWOW! Love your Crosswalk quilt. Thanks for the chance to win all those blues!!!
Anonymous
Posted at 16:55h, 16 JanuaryLooks like a nice project
andgal0603@yahoo.com
Unknown
Posted at 16:52h, 16 JanuaryThis looks like a fun and easy quilt to make – so simple, yet so elegant! I love it!!
Unknown
Posted at 16:52h, 16 JanuaryThis looks like a fun and easy quilt to make – so simple, yet so elegant! I love it!!
Ali
Posted at 16:52h, 16 JanuaryI think this is a quilt my husband would love, its so less busy than what I usually make. Thank you for the giveaway, and I'll be pinning your awesome quilt!
Unknown
Posted at 16:52h, 16 JanuaryThis looks like a fun and easy quilt to make – so simple, yet so elegant! I love it!!
barb
Posted at 16:41h, 16 Januaryi love the simplicity of your quilt! the quilting gears in your head must be turning all the time! this is a beautiful quilt. thank you and your sponsor for a wonderful giveaway. babscorbitt@gmail.com
Abbigail
Posted at 16:31h, 16 JanuaryI find it amazing how just a little bit of color on a white or cream background pop so much! Beautiful!
eloidastitches
Posted at 16:29h, 16 JanuaryI love the clean crisp look of your quilt. Beautiful! I would love to win this bundle of fabrics, and give "modern" a try.
Jennifer
Posted at 16:28h, 16 JanuaryI love looking at your quilt – after many years of quilting, I often forget that the designs do NOT have to be so complex to be beautiful.
Elizabeth
Posted at 16:22h, 16 JanuaryThe simplicity of this quilt is really beautiful – the possibilities are racing through my mind. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the magazine!
Elizabeth
boltonia55@yahoo.com
Kristy Tate
Posted at 16:18h, 16 JanuaryLove the quilts. Thanks
janice
Posted at 16:17h, 16 JanuaryI really like the quilt. I would love to be a winner
Anabeth
Posted at 16:08h, 16 JanuaryWonderful collection of quilts on your blog!
kristi_d
Posted at 16:03h, 16 JanuaryI've always enjoyed your blog. Congratulations on your magazine feature.
Meghan O'Connor
Posted at 16:03h, 16 JanuaryNaming quilts is all part of the fun, in my opinion. And sometimes the hardest part!
Mad Cat Quilts
Posted at 16:00h, 16 JanuaryFun quilt!
Ann
Posted at 15:38h, 16 JanuaryGreat name! and great quilt. I wonder what tension or release it might have if a couple of the rectangles were open on one side.
Jackie Russell
Posted at 15:33h, 16 JanuaryI would love to win a copy, I love modern quilting!
mjb
Posted at 15:19h, 16 JanuaryThis looks like a nice magazine.
janice
Posted at 15:05h, 16 JanuaryGreat quilt. Thank for the giveaway.
Jayne
Posted at 15:03h, 16 JanuaryI don't think there is one single quilt of yours that I don't LOVE! I would love a copy of the magazine…Modern quilting is so much fun!
Diane
Posted at 14:58h, 16 Januarygreat quilt love the design and colors.
Lucinda Miller
Posted at 14:48h, 16 JanuaryOnce again your quilt is great! Hope THIS time I win!
kathy
Posted at 12:40h, 16 JanuaryI have never seen this magazine, but would love to!! I love the simplicity and clean lines of your quilts. Thanks for the opportunity
Kathy
Posted at 12:30h, 16 JanuaryThis quilt is so good looking! And a chance to win a copy of the magazine? Bonus–woo hoo!!
Fran
Posted at 12:25h, 16 JanuaryYour quilt is fantastic! I love the modern simplicity of the pattern & the quilting is amazing as well. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of this great magazine.
JoyceLM
Posted at 11:52h, 16 JanuaryEnjoying the Modern Quilts blog tour. Love your quilt – thanks.
Marty Mason
Posted at 11:47h, 16 JanuaryI'm mad about modern quilts too and love your crosswalk quilt. Would so enjoy a copy of Best Modern Quilts.