Modern Plus Sign Quilts Book Hop - Day 7; Cute as a Button

Welcome!

 I was delighted to be asked to make a project from quilt designers,

 Cheryl  Brickey at Meadow Mist Designs and Paige Alexander at Quilted Blooms;  lovely, inspiring book, called Modern Plus Sign Quilts.

Photo credit: C&T Publications

Choosing which pattern to use for my project was the hardest part!  Ultimately, their pattern, Cute as a Button was my first choice.



Photo credit: C&T Publications

 I have a collection of buttons - modern and vintage, so this pattern really spoke to me.



Photo credit: C&T Publications

Now, for my own version of this adorable pattern, I decided to scale things down. My blocks are one third of the size of the original version in Modern Plus Sign Quilts.

The thread used for my appliques is Wonderfil's Accent, which is a 2 ply rayon in 12 wt.  It stitched like a dream and adds some weight and contrast to my tiny button appliques.

My fabric choice to go scrappy and to "sketch" stitch on my button appliques rather than using my usual choice of satin stitching, gives a less formal finish and the dark thread colour adds extra visual interest, in my opinion. Sometimes, it's good to mix things up a bit from how we usually do things, right? 😉

My mini quilt has a narrow border of bright pink print cotton on the sides and larger borders in a lightweight linen for the top and bottom.

A sweet fussy cut label adds another personal touch and an extra detail to my quilt.

Finishing things off, there's a fun polka dot binding and some wavy quilting! A fun make full of whimsy and celebrating one of my favourite notions.

Thank you, Cheryl and Paige for not only the pleasure of diving in to enjoy sewing one of your wonderful designs found in Modern Plus Sign Quilts, but also in being a part of introducing your beautiful book here in blogland during this hop!

Want to see more insider looks?  How about a chance at one of their daily giveaways during the hop?

Make sure you visit both authors' blogs!

Cheryl  Brickey at Meadow Mist Designs and Paige Alexander at Quilted Blooms

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please check out all the other wonderful stops on this 2 week hop!!!

MODERN PLUS SIGN BOOK HOP SCHEDULE

Monday, March 12th

Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs

Paige @ Quilted Blooms

Tuesday, March 13th

Soma @ Whims and Fancies

Ann @ Brown Paws Quilting

Kitty @ Night Quilter

Sophie @ Luna Lovequilts

Afton @ Quilting Mod

Shelley @ The Carpenters Daughter Who Quilts

Wednesday, March 14th

Jayne @ Twiggy and Opal

Jen @ A Dream and a Stitch

Abigail @ Cut & Alter

Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl

Sandra @ mmm! quilts

Karen @ Run Sew Fun

Thursday, March 15th

Linda @ Flourishing Palms

Bernie @ Needle and Foot

Liz @ Savor Every Stitch

Stacey @ Stacey In Stitches

Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty

Patty @ Elm Street Quilts

Melanie @ A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog

Friday, March 16th

Myra @ Busy Hands Quilts

Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts

Ruth @ Charly and Ben's Crafty Corner

Christa @ Christa Quilts

Monday, March 19th

Jessica @ Quilty Habit

Cindy @ Hyacinth Quilt Designs

Jennifer @ The Inquiring Quilter

Julie @ The Crafty Quilter

Tuesday, March 20th

Tish @ Tish N Wonderland

Judy @ Sew Some Sunshine

Emily @ The Darling Dogwood

Wanda @ Wanda's Life Sampler

Karen @ Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

Katherine @ Sew Me Something Good

Wednesday, March 21st

Anja @ Anja Quilts

Kate @ Smiles from Kate

Sue @ Sevenoaks Street Quilts

Carole @ From My Carolina Home

Alison @ Little Bunny Quilts

Thursday, March 22nd

Debbie @ Esch House Quilts

Laura @ Slice of Pi Quilts

Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts

Janice @ Color Creating and Quilting

Joanne @ Quilts by Joanne

Friday, March 23rd

Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs

Paige @ Quilted Blooms