Kaliedoscope Churn is my first pattern in a print magazine. It is published in the Summer 2021 issue of Quilter’s World that hit the stands on April 13th. This issue has several two-block designs with interesting secondary patterns.
My design uses two traditional blocks – kaleidoscope and churn dash, which makes an interesting secondary pattern giving the illusion of curves. It sews together quite quickly because churn dash is an easy block compared to kaleidoscope. Since this was for a summer issue, I used two bright blues and two bright oranges to bring in the Sun and the seas. Robert Kaufmann generously provided the fabric – Kona cotton solids in white, Pacific, Paris Blue, Orange and Tangerine.
Quilting: In the blue and orange triangles, I used threads that matched the fabric and quilted nested triangles to emphasize the triangle units. For the background areas, I wanted to deemphasize the plus sign in the center of the churn dash. To do this, I quilted some freehand curving feathers. I wanted to emphasize the illusion of circles in this pattern. To do that, I echoed around the triangles and used a wishbone or crisscross design in the region between the triangles.
Your quilt is absolutely gorgeous & you should be very proud of it.
It’s beautiful, and congratulations on your first pattern in a printed magazine.
Ohhh I am loving on this one!!! I might have to head to town to get that magazine!! how cool this turned out!! you have a great eye!!
Congratulations on your first pattern in print! It is a stunning quilt! Love the bright blues and oranges!
I love this! It has a very light, very modern feeling to it.
This is cool!! I’ll have to look for the magazine. Congrats!
What a perfectly beautiful quilt with so much movement in the pattern. Congratulations on the publication.
How fun to be published!!!
It’s an awesome quilt with a great colorway. And I love the secondary designs! Take care, Mary.
Congratulations! Lovely, lovely quilt. That quilting is so awesome. Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
What a beauty! Congrats! I love the offset layout. Thanks for linking up with To-Do Tuesday!
Congrats! It’s lovely!