Red, White, and Sometimes Blue

Martingale & Company has gathered a stunning group of red-and-white, blue-and-white, and red-white-and-blue quilts to create this book. There’s something in it for everybody; from a quick to piece wall quilt to a large bed quilt.

The “Heart’s Desire” wall hanging above (pg. 30) finishes at 25 1/2″ x 25 1/2″. There is a special energy created by using one or two bold colors plus white in a quilt. The combination is clean and direct, with a fabulous graphic punch. This book has great instructions and beautiful pictures to inspire your next quilting project!

Find this great book at your local independent quilt and fabric retailer.

Needle Me This – Quilt for Charity

The gals and customers at Needle Me This Quilt Shop in rural Yancey County, North Carolina, contributed red and white blocks to make this queen-sized quilt they have named “And Red All Over…”. It will be raffled off on Dec. 21. Tickets are 1 for $2.00 and 3 for $5.00. The proceeds will help support a local charity “Operation Feed A Child Bags” sponsored by a local church group in their county. The intention is to provide food for a child over the weekend, until they can get back to school for nutritional meals during the week.

Needle Me This Quilt Shop provided the Moda white tone-on-tone for the backing.
“And Red All Over…” is as beautiful on the back side as it is on the front.

Cup of Blossoms Quilt Pattern by Laurie at Rose Cottage

The quilt hanging on the wall with the inner border framed in red is called ‘Cup of Blossoms”. Laurie Bird, who owns the quilt pattern company – Rose Cottage is seated in her booth at 2011 Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, UT . The quilt on the table is called ‘Lattice Garden’. Cup of Blossoms is a lovely red and white quilt with a few other colors sprinkled in for good measure. Ask for this pattern at your local independent quilt and fabric retailer.

Mission: Impeccable by Kumiko Frydl

This Mariner’s Compass was featured by International Quilt Festival at Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, UT. It’s called Impeccable and was created by Kumiko Frydl of Houston, TX. Kumiko used foundation paper piecing, reverse applique, silk ribbon embroidery and free motion machine quilting. The compass has 128 points.  This quilt was a 2010 Road to California Showcase Winner.  Find the supplies you need for red and white quilts at your local independent quilt and fabric shop.

Dragonfly Garden by Benartex

For touch of nature and a somewhat Asian feel, use this cool dragonfly batik in a QuiltRed quilt . Pictured is Dragonflies magenta #0195722B by Benartex. Find Benartex fabrics at your local independent quilt and fabric retailer.

Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red & White Quilts

“Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red & White Quilts” is on display at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City through March 30. This is the largest display of privately owned quilts ever displayed in New York. For her 80th birthday, New York quilt collector, Joanna Rose enlisted the firm, Thinc Design, to come up with a quilt show unlike any other. Their futuristic approach appears to spiral quilts to the ceiling and gives visitors a three dementional view. Check out additional pictures of the quilts at Marth Stewart’s blog. The Martha blog  ”Up Close and Personal,” featured these beautiful quilts and her crew filmed a segment for the Martha Stewart Show.  Rose has a collection of 1300 quilts. All 651 of her red and white quilts are on display.

Storm on the Red Sea Quilt – by Katherine Gardner

Katherine Gardner made this beautiful red and white quilt and named it “Storm on the Red Sea”. I found images of this quilt on the International Quilt Festival facebook page. You can find wonderful red and white fabrics to create your own red and white quilt at your local independent quilt and fabric retailer.