Thursday, September 10, 2020

Velodrome

I was in the mood for a quick and easy finish this week so I pulled out a quilt top I finished quite awhile ago. The original pattern is Mod Ovals by Malka Dubrawsky, but I made my blocks bigger. The fabrics used in this quilt are all from Libs Elliott's Tattooed North line, a sparkly line of neutrals with some golds mixed in. I simply love Libs Elliott's fabrics, and I consider her the rock star of the quilting world.

Even though I meant for this quilt to be quick and easy, I still wanted to put some effort into the quilting to make it special.

I quilted each block with a mixture of straight lines, ribbon candies, and dot-to-dot designs. I love how the secondary designs show up in these types of quilts.

There are 3 special blocks in this quilt where the fabric is gold instead of the neutral, so I decided to quilt them a little differently.

I named this quilt Velodrome because the individual blocks really remind me of cycling velodromes. I'm super happy with the fabrics and the graphic and urban look of this quilt, and it looks so different from Malka's original quilt that I marvel at just how much a quilt can change its vibe just by using different fabrics.

9 comments:

  1. The black binding finishes it so beautifully. Libs is definitely the rock star of the quilting world, and you used her prints and highlighted them beautifully in this quilt and with your quilting. Thanks for the view of the backing; I always love to see how the design reads on the back.

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  2. Absolutely fabulous! And your quilting is superb! Pinning!

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  3. Wow that is amazing. I really love your fabric and design choices. The quilting is absolutely fantastic. It would take me ages to finish quilting like that. Actually I can’t do quilting like that. Anyway, that is a stunning finish.

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  4. The pops of gold really add to the quilt. Love the design, your quilting rocks as always, and that backing fabric is so cool!

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  5. I'm always excited to see what's going on in your studio, Liz! This is one awesome quilt and quilting! I love the graphic modern look you've created. Very chic.

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  6. The secondary patterns are so great on this one! The little black and white curved hourglasses between the blocks take a moment to notice, but then they start to pop out all over! Their quilting motif is the one that grabbed me most on the back, too. Super finish!

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  7. Magnifique ! Belle journée.

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  8. This is a fun, modern pattern with great fabrics. I love the few gold blocks as a surprise or to break it up a tiny bit. The quilting is superb and highlighting the gold blocks with a little different quilting is spot on!

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