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Home / My Blog / Classes and workshops / Merry Moderns (Split Personality) Christmas Quilt

Merry Moderns (Split Personality) Christmas Quilt

December 7, 2015 By Katie

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas Quilt Section

This quilt is a long time coming, as in years…

Alexander Henry’s Merry Moderns fabric was THE Christmas quilt fabric for me.  I just fell hard for it the minute I saw it.

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The fabric seemed a perfect merge for an improvisational technique I’d been brainstorming about.  A block that was a faster way to produce ‘crazy pieced’ looking fabric.  So I started playing with the block construction concept that became what I now call the Split Personality Quilt Block.  The method quickly produces multiple blocks allowing you instant playtime with it in endless design concepts.

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Fabrics from the stash that would coordinate with a Christmas theme were pulled, auditioned and sewn.  Some favorites were eaten up in the process.

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Block

 And so, all these happy fabrics have been living together as blocks for a few years, waiting for the perfect pattern to show itself.

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas Quilt Fold

My friend Laurel showed up at an open studio to finish up an Arkansas Crossroads quilt.  I instantly envisioned my blocks in that design and the production began…last year;)

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas Quilt Full flat

The essex linen in a cross weave black stabilized the scrappiness.

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas quilt awesome

Merging traditional quilt designs with improvisational techniques has really become where my process leads me.  I love the secondary designs traditional set blocks create.

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas Quilt side

When it came to quilting I lived and breathed this quilt for days.  For once I didn’t overthink it and went with straight lines that ran off the edge and echoed the ‘Xs’ the secondary design created.

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas Quilt Side block

I dreaded the thought that I’d have to add another horizontal and vertical line because my body was done with quilting, but in the end I dismissed the addition.  It has the perfect drape and isn’t over quilted into the luscious feel of cardboard.

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas quilt back

Here’s a peek at the back.  Leftovers and flannel of course.

SEW KATIE DID:Split Personality Christmas Quilt Detail 2

SEW KATIE DID:Side:Split Personality Christmas QuiltThe binding is the small scale print in the Merry Moderns line.  It worked out that some faces landed on the front and back of the quilt’s edge.

SEW KATIE DID:Binding Roll

You can see more designs and concepts with this block in my Instagram feed and I’ve added this block onto my January calendar as a daytime, nighttime and weekend workshop.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and then of course there is spring!

Happy Happy Peeps;)

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  1. Aurian says

    December 7, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    I really like it. I like that everytime I look at it I find more details. very lovely!
    Many greetings from Virginia, ivonne

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:05 am

      Thanks Ivonne. The prints are all favorites;)

  2. Judy Sanclaria says

    December 7, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    Looks really good to me!

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:05 am

      Thanks Judy!

  3. Betty McNiel says

    December 7, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    I love the quilting, it adds dimension, texture and order without detracting from the colorful and lively pieced blocks.

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:06 am

      I struggle with the quilting design usually. This one landed it perfectly!

  4. svetlana says

    December 7, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    What a fantastic quilt, Katie. Definitely worth all that work and wait :).

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:07 am

      Thanks! I love your black and white Christmas Tree pillow;)

  5. JOAN WEAVER says

    December 7, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    Katie,

    I LOVE your Christmas quilt!

    Merry Christmas to you and yours.

    Love, Joan >

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:08 am

      Miss seeing you! Come for open studio sometime;)

  6. marissa hsu says

    December 7, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    Well done, Katie. You’re so amazing!

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:08 am

      Can’t wait to see you tomorrow and hear all your stories;)

  7. jodierichelle says

    December 7, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    So well done! Well worth the time & energy spent realizing it. Just stunning.

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:10 am

      Thanks for always leaving such kind comments.

  8. pennylanequilts says

    December 7, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    Love those little faces peeking around the binding.

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:11 am

      I wish more of the faces would have shown, but you can only plan so much;)

  9. thimblesandteapots says

    December 8, 2015 at 9:06 am

    Such a beautiful quilt Katie. I love the colours and the backing 🙂

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:11 am

      Thanks. The flannel is so soft on the back.

  10. Debbie says

    December 8, 2015 at 10:02 am

    This turned out lovely, and the perfect Christmas quilt with that Merry Moderns print scattered about!

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:12 am

      I think I might have finally used all of the larger print up;)

  11. PaddyAnne says

    December 8, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    I love this quilt! I can’t stop looking at it!! Thank you !!

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 9:13 am

      Thanks! It has sure been nice to lounge under.

  12. Dominique says

    December 9, 2015 at 8:48 am

    Wow! wo! ! wow! Stunning does not have to be complicated. I love the gorgeous print, the improv blocks, the bright, happy colours, the Essex Linen and the traditional setting, the backing and the binding. Oh, and the quilting too. There isn’t a single thing I don’t absolutely love about this quilt.

    • sewkatiedid says

      December 9, 2015 at 10:13 am

      Wow, what a review. Thanks so much;)

  13. Kim B. says

    December 9, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    This quilt is just so so so so so so gorgeous!!! It emanates such CHEER – and isn’t that what a Christmas quilt should do? I’m so happy for you that you found the right inspiration for setting your blocks from your friend’s quilt – and the gray-looking black Essex linen sets it all off perfectly. Congratulations, this is truly a heirloom that will bring smiles and cuddles for decades to come.

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