With the 4th of July just around the corner here in the U.S., I thought it might be fun to share a few mockups of Blue Sky Modern Craft quilts in patriotic-friendly color schemes to inspire your quilt-making creativity. While the heat of summer may not seem like the ideal time for a new quilt, consider turning any of these into a picnic quilt or use lightweight lawns for a deliciously cool quilt perfect for light snuggles.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! This week is a return to solids. This bundle found its way into my cart when I perusing Cottoneer Fabrics one day. I wasn’t even trying to put anything specific together and was trying to flesh out my solids collection with some new Art Gallery colors that I just loved. But when I saw them side by side in the cart, I knew they were destined to be together in a quilt.

Hi again! Just wanted to pop in to make sure you saw the blog post that went up on the Modern Service Quilts blog this week with all the info on the Folded in Love sample quilts we made for this month. It provides a lot of fabulous eye candy and inspiration if you’re looking to make your own service-quilt version of the pattern.

I want to begin by saying “thank you!” to the supporters who’ve already purchased a copy of the Folded in Love pattern. It means so much to know that people like the design and want to make one of their own. I hope you’ll continue to be excited about the other patterns I have planned for the coming months. Now, let’s get to the pretty stuff, shall we? I and a few friends ended up making 10 samples of the Folded in Love quilt during testing, so how about we dig down into the baby ones today. These three were all made by me and really show off the versatility of the pattern.

After months of work, countless test sample quilts (no, not countless, 10), and a whole bunch of tweaking (because I can’t leave well enough alone), I am thrilled to finally introduce my first quilt pattern, Folded in Love.