Wedge quilts

Christina Cameli is a midwive and improvisational quilter that is inspired by geometry and color to create her contemporary quilts.

On Saturday, I taught 19 members of the Jacksonville Modern Quilt Guild @jaxmqg (Jacksonville, Florida) how to make a modern wedge quilt following my Carousel Quilt pattern. This is the second version of Carousel that I've made. It's pieced with Emma Jean Jansen's "60s Scrapbag" as the focus print, and Painter's Palette Solids: pencil yellow, and white. With 40-weight YLI variegated thread I quilted a spiral in the center (see my spiral quilting tutorial here), quilted concentric circles in…

Confession.. I've never made a dresden plate.. well maybe one.. in my first sampler.. and I think 2014 is my year to make one! So how do you make a Dresden Plate block? There are many versions of the plate and just as many ways to assemble them. I selectd several Dresden plate tutorials that I really like .. I like the mulitple sizes here and the layout of the fabrics for the blades. I think the blade color placement makes a huge difference in what the plate looks like…

Ripped 2023 Mixed media lends itself well to fiber art. Actually, paper is a fiber too. For this challenge, each artist was to incorporate paper in the work. It was a nice change of process. Searching for the paper in each piece is a fun viewer experience. The size is a repeat at 18 inches wide by 40 inches long. Lynn Anderson So Many Recitals Kathy Blondell It's Not Easy Being Green Betty Daggett Add a Little Rip to the Mix Annette McFarlane Postcards from Italy Elaine Millar Making…

I have some wedge rulers and I really like them. But quilting tools are expensive and one thing that I love about quilters is that we are...

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Since watching Christina Cameli's "Wedge Quilts Go Modern" Modern Quilt Guild Webinar in July 2015 (MQG members can watch it here), I have been intrigued by the variety of designs that are possible with wedges, whether they're 9-degree or 10-degree angles. When Christina's Wedge Quilt Workshop book came out early this year, I was the first to get a copy and start imagining what I might do with wedges. I already owned a 9-degree ruler, purchased back in the 1980s and used to make one wedge…

This is my second entry to the MQG Michael Miller Petal Pinwheels fabric challenge. You can see my first entry here. Inspired by these two quilts – Paul’s entry to the Common Threads …