Ombre quilts

HUGE NEWS! If you follow me on Instagram, where I gush all the time about the cool stuff happening in my studio, At Robert Kaufman and C&T Publishing, you know by now I am in the final stages of my...

Since we love the ombre trend so much, we are wrapping up this week with a round up of free ombre quilt patterns and tutorials. Have fun sorting through your scraps to create this unique color effect! Love this bundle of inspiration and want more? Be sure to sign up for our weekly newsletter and […]

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Inspired by a quilt that my friend Mary shared with me from Pinterest, I decided to design an Ombré HST quilt mathematically. This was the result. I chose to use a gradient of eight different values, numbered 1-8 from lightest to darkest. I began by drawing a 7 by 9 rectangle in my graph notebook and ...continue reading →

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share a quick reminder that the Fast Track quilt along starts on Monday! I've been having fun this week mocking up the Fast Track quilt pattern in a bunch of different fabrics and thought you'd like to see some of them! Want to join in? Sign up for the Fast Track quilt along here! edited to add: the QAL has ended but sign up here to be notified of any upcoming quilt alongs! First of all, here's a peek at what I'll be sewing with for the quilt along: This is a…

Cabin Peaks quilt pattern is now on the shop! It's finally here! The Cabin Peaks quilt pattern is now available and I am so dang excited! I've had this idea in mind for a while. I just had to find the time and motivation to get it done. That motivation came when I joined the Pantone Quilt Challenge, and I made my first

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Choosing fabrics for ombré projects like quilts, table runners, and placemats isn't that hard. This article shows you how to get the popular gradient look.

Some quilts and fabrics just insist on getting together. Such was the case with my Ridiculously Easy Jelly Roll Quilt pattern and Vanessa Christenson’s Ombre Fairy Dust Metallic collection. I have zero need for a rainbow quilt in my life, but I really wanted to see how Ridiculously Easy would look in all those luscious ombre fabrics. Would I have been satisfied with mocking up the quilt in EQ7? Perhaps, but the Ombre Fairy Dust line includes 34 different fabrics. It seemed simpler just to…

"Ombre" style quilts are some of my favorite. It's a fun way to squeeze a lot of colors into one quilt...while still maintaining a cohesive "look" and style. They're fun and wild, but also logical and sophisticated. At one point in my quilting journey, I thought that ombre quilts were too modern for me. However, after