Moroccan Tiles

Continuing where I left off on Monday – the next new pattern is Moroccan Tiles.

I have been totally obsessed with geometric patterns lately.  My favorite place for geometric patterns is in rugs and pillows.  Case in point – I recently replaced the large floral rug in my dining room with this geometric rug.

I also put a little geometric rug in my upstairs bath.  I was particularly taken with this pattern and thought it could be made into a quilt.

After doing lots of experimenting, playing with sizes and layout, I came up with this design:

Here’s a close-up of the blocks:

The fabrics are from Bonnie and Camille’s new line from Moda called Scrupmtious.  I used a fat eighth pack, though fat quarters will also work.

The darker version is done with my Summer House fabrics.

I think this shot really shows how the colors pop off that background fabric, emphasizing the tile effect.

The quilt uses a combination of piecing and applique.  I originally designed it to have a pieced version, but dropped it because it just wasn’t nearly as cute without the curves.

I used the starch-mylar method for my applique.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with that method, it is a super quick way to turn the edges under.  You use heat-resistant plastic (mylar) and your finger, brush, or q-tip to lightly apply the starch to the edge of the applique, then use the tip of the iron to fold the fabric over the edge of the plastic.  I then machine appliqued the shape to the background using a small zig zag and nylon thread.   This is a super simple curve to applique.  It’s actually quicker to do the applique part of the block, then it is to do the pieced part of the block!

That’s all for today.  Here are the links to the paper pattern and the PDF.