Our mission at Curated Quilts is to provide you, our wonderful readers, with a trove of modern, thought-provoking, quilting inspiration. As a bonus, each issue features two to three modern quilt patterns that relate to the journal topic. 

Featured patterns are designed by various makers and include detailed instructions, including pictures and illustrations. We aim to assure our patterns will accommodate a variety of skill levels. We also make an effort to provide you with projects that read high-design and innovative thinking. 

Here’s a look at some of the quilts that are patterned in two of our recent issues of Curated Quilts: 

Flare 

Pattern designed by Leanne Chahley @shecanquilt

Featured in Issue No. 19: Red

Flare is a slightly larger version of Chahley’s quilt Hot, which won the first place award in the Modern Traditionalist category at QuiltCon 2022. We feel a bit of pride that we had already selected Flare to be in our Red issue long before Hot made its way to QuiltCon in Phoenix. Flare is a sassy quilt. Chahley’s pattern has some great photos to help guide you in making your own improv version of the quilt. 

Overlapping Geese

Pattern designed by Anthony Bowman @anthonyquilts

Featured in Issue No. 17: Polygon

Overlapping Geese is a modern interpretation of the flying geese block pieced entirely of trapezoids. Bowman’s gradient use of color in his version of the quilt has an ethereal effect of birds flying in the sky and we are mesmerized by it. 

Ribbons

Pattern designed by Betsy Vinegrad @betsy.vinegrad

Featured in Issue No. 17: Polygon

Ribbons is a simple variation of combining half-square triangle units with squares to make an arrow shaped, irregular polygon.Ribbons is so well designed that at first glance, it looks like a complicated pattern to make, but really is made with one of the easiest, most foundational quilt block patterns around.

Look Up 

Pattern designed by Amy Ellis @amyscreativeside

Featured in Issue No. 18: Red

Look Up is a great project for when you have only a small amount of time to sit down and stitch. The pattern is broken up into different sections, each of which could be completed in short period of time. Comprehensive directions are provided on how to place all the parts together, but this quilt could also have the flexibility of arranging blocks in a personalized way. 

Conveyor

Pattern designed by Betsy Vinegrad @betsy.vinegrad

Featured in Issue No. 18: Red

Conveyor was inspired by Navajo weaving from the late 1800s. It got its name from Vinegrad thinking the finished product looked like a series of moving walkways. The quilt is constructed using simple strip-piecing techniques.

If you’ve made a project from a Curated Quilts pattern, please share it with us on social media. Tag us @curatedquilts and include the hashtags #CuratedQuilts and #ShowMeYourCQ.

We are always accepting submissions for new patterns. We want our patterns to accommodate a variety of skill levels and techniques. We love for the patterns  to relate back to the specific journal topic and exude the modern aesthetic. Future topics can be found on the submissions page. 

By Brittany Bowen Burton