Friday 1 May 2015

Lost in London - a finish for Make Modern Magazine

Ever come up out of a subway or metro station and not know which way to go?  That was us on holidays in London looking for the British Museum.  Turns out it was right around the corner!  Same thing happened in Moscow looking for the train station to St. Petersburg.  So this quilt was nearly called Looking for Leningradsky but Lost in London sounded better to me!


I'm so happy to finally be able to share a finished quilt with you today. Published in issue 5 of Make Modern Magazine this month, this is my second published pattern.  It makes an 84" x 84" bed quilt using warm colours on a low volume background.  It is inspired by the vintage London Roads block which is a 12" block with small arrows going around in a circle.  I was reminded of that feeling of not knowing which direction to go and decided to point the arrows towards each other.


The second design intention was to make the arrows really big and scrappy.  I chose red as the accent colour and pink, yellow and orange for the other arrows to keep it warm.

Those of us living on this side of the pond might remember Trinny & Susannah from What Not To Wear?  When wearing red they always advise keep it hot and that's what kept running through my mind with this one!


As this is the biggest quilt I've made to date and quilted on my home machine I kept it simple and used a meandering all over pattern.  I find it really quick to do and it took me three evenings to quilt up this baby!


So there you have it, my secret project that has taken up quite a bit of February and March finally shared.  I love how it looks in the spare room here but guess who nabbed it to cover her sofa?  Yup, mum made off with it as soon as I had the photographs taken!  To be fair she did help with holding up the background stand!


There are 14 projects in this month's Make Modern with the cutest cat made in a geometric style that I am itching to try.  There are also interviews with Cotton + Steel and Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr.  It's available to buy here for 6.95 Australian dollars, about 5 Euro so great value for a quilting mag!

Linking up to the Friday Finishes!


31 comments:

  1. So lovely, I've yet to give Make Modern any thought so I may buy this issue and try it out.

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  2. Your quilt is fabulous, it's a fun pattern and the colors are fantastic, that red is a real eye-catcher!
    You picked a brilliant name for your quilt. :-)

    Congrats on being published!

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  3. I agree with Pennydog above. It's a wonderful pattern using low volume background. Red makes it work well here. Congratulations on another published pattern, and keep 'em coming!

    Julie @ Pink Doxies

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  4. You did a great job on this quilt Ruth. I love the scrappy arrows and the scrappiness of the low volume background.

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  5. Hahahahah - I LOVE your mum Ruth! And she has excellent taste too!
    A big Whoop Whoop for you on getting published again! This pattern is so cool! Great color scheme and the scrappiness just makes is so perfect.
    You made me laugh over "Looking for Leningradsky"... yeah "Lost in London" was a good choice. :)

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  6. Beautiful quilt, Ruth, and congratulations on the publication!

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  7. this is great. Very fresh, colors are muted but still create the pattern. LeeAnna

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  8. lovely quilt! I love your colour choices, so soft but with a nice bold red.

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  9. I love, love this quilt! Congrats on the magazine...so cool! I really love how the low volume prints let the arrows be the star!

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  10. You have mastered low volume. What a great quilt.

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  11. Congratulations! Such a fun idea and the result is really cool. I think men would really like this quilt too, they are so difficult to please!

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  12. What a wonderful quilt. It looks great straight on and on the bed.

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  13. Nice one! Fun pattern and lovely colors!

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  14. Oh it's beautiful - and I can definitely get that sense of not knowing which way is up wandering around London!!

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  15. Love it. Design and the colors are fun! Great job. micki@2dogsstudio.us

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  16. Great quilt Ruth, absolutely worth all that deadline angst :)

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  17. Congratulations! This is a great quilt, love the colours and not at all surprised your mum has pinched it! The story of the title made me smile too.

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  18. Congratulations on another publication!! I love the colors you chose and the way they pop out of the low volume background!!!! I, too, loved the story of how the name came to be.

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  19. what a fantastic quilt. I love the design and the prompts behind it!

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  20. Love the colour! Very happy colour. Also I like the photo with low angle. Your mum is so lucky to have you!

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  21. Lost in London was definitely the better name choice! This is a great quilt, and I can see it being made in so many different colour schemes.

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  22. What a fun quilt! Love the colors you chose!

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  23. that's fabulous! thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

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  24. Love it! Straight to Pinterest as a favourite.
    I also love Trinny and Susannah. Their advice to wear a belt and their comments about 'amazing racks' stick in my brain. I saw them do a live fashion show once. Hilarious.

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  25. Congrats on your publication, I love the quilt!

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  26. Wow very beautiful pattern ! Congrats.

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  27. Wow very beautiful pattern ! Congrats.

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  28. Love it and it's huge too! Well done quilting that yourself:)

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  29. Congrats on your published pattern, the quilt and photo's look great

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  30. This is a FABULOUS quilt, Ruth! I love it: the colours, the neutrals for the background, the arrows...would make a great "lost my mind in menopause" quilt for me right about now.... LOL

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