News — quilt trends

If our block-of-the-month projects are any indication of what’s coming up in 2021, we have two very exciting but divergent trends that promise to add to our repertoire of quilt styles and skills. First up is Moda’s My Favorite Color sew along. This quilt uses all solids—not fabrics that read solid—but pure, unadulterated solid solids. There is nothing to distract the eye in this quilt. It allows for an appreciation of color and the quilt block designs. My Favorite Color is a sampler quilt that has awesome blocks of differing sizes and differing patterns. Working with solids also offers a...

Hexie quilts immediately conjure images of grandmother’s house or of the heirloom hexie quilt that has been passed down in your family. Although hexie quilts have never truly gone away, they have experienced a backroom or basement status in the goals that we have as quilters to pursue. In a quilting culture where quick and easy has become the mantra, hexies do not take center stage. These quilts are by reputation extremely time consuming, not only in the prep work but in the actual piecing time as well. Hexies, however, are experiencing a resurgence in interest and in technology. Templates...