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Architextures Sunrise.

April 30, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

My Architextures Sunrise quilt comes with a bit of an admission. I made it back in 2012 when Architextures first came out. It was displayed in the Architextures booth at Quilt Market that fall, but I never got around to taking pictures of it afterwards–classic. When I was planning the PDF conversion for the design, I knew I wanted to unearth this quilt and give it some time to shine.

Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

I can still remember how much I enjoyed making it. It was one of the first times sewing with my own fabric, and that experience is hard to forget. Because the design works well with 2-1/2″ strips, I used strip sets from my Architextures collection as well as the coordinating solids. This made it super easy to get to the fun stuff, which is figuring out your fabric pairings and placements and sewing them together. I love a project where you can explore different color and print combinations as you go, and this project is perfect for that.

Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

The frames are Kona Cactus, one of my favorites at the time. It’s so vibrant. This was before there was Pickle, Wasabi, Acid lime or any of the other greens that I’d grow to love as well. Is it just me, or do you remember your early favorite solids? (For the record – Cactus, Coral and Tangerine were some of those for me.)

Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

There’s not too much to get wrong about this block, which makes it pretty carefree and easy. In some of my other Sunrise projects, I worked the fabrics and colors symmetrically within the blocks. In this sample I didn’t do that, but instead took the placement in a different direction. I like this effect as well.

Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Once you get them all framed out and sewn together with the sashing and border, it’s a cohesive (and cheerful) look.

Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

fabrics: architextures and the coordinating Kona solids

pattern: Sunrise

Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

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  1. Mindy says

    May 1, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    Love seeing all these Sunrise versions!

    Reply
    • carolyn friedlander says

      May 1, 2019 at 3:36 pm

      Thanks, Mindy!

      Reply

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