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Welcome to the book hop for Modern Plus Sign Quilts authored by Cheryl and Paige. Being a hard core paper piecing designer, I don’t get to play with traditional quilting. I had been wanting to make a Plus Sign quilt for a while, so I was thrilled to have a chance to make one for this event.

The book is full of beautiful quilt patterns, it was quite difficult to choose one. Ultimately though, I kept coming back to the one called Signature Plus due to the history behind this quilt.

Photo by C&T Publications

Cheryl’s post about the history of Signature Plus

You can also see a photo of the original Signature Plus quilt on that page. It’s simply incredible.

Plus Sign Quilt - Tea Mat & Coasters In Yellow & Grey | Whims And Fancies

Yellow and grey is my favourite combination. The colours represent my favourite seasons – autumn and winter. I love yellow leaves on grey asphalt, nature mingling with man-made. The colour choice was easy and I had my pattern. The only question remaining was what to make.

Plus Sign Quilt - Tea Mat & Coasters In Yellow & Grey | Whims And Fancies

Tea is a very big deal in our home. I have more tea at home than most tearooms. On weekend afternoons, we read together over cups of tea. Inspired by the various tea towels I have collected during our UK holidays, I decided to make a tea mat.

Plus Sign Quilt - Tea Mat & Coasters In Yellow & Grey | Whims And Fancies

I reversed the colours and made four matching coasters. I quilted both with mostly vertical lines, crossed with very sparse horizontal lines to draw the eye in one direction, lending a sense of flow. I also used a lighter yellow binding to stay with the colour palette while drawing focus to the Plus Signs. The binding fabric has tiny little leaves, tea leaves if you will – a happy coincidence!

Plus Sign Quilt - Tea Mat & Coasters In Yellow & Grey | Whims And Fancies

The pattern was very easy to follow. I used a small section of the Signature Plus quilt from the book to make the mat.

One of the big advantages of this book is that it is full of patterns for both beginner and advanced quilter alike. You can make a big or small quilt, or use part of the design for a small finish like I did. Cheryl and Paige even included general instructions for all techniques used in this book. It is a great introduction to Plus Sign quilts.

Signed copies of Modern Plus Sign Quilts can be purchased at –

Meadow Mist Design (Cheryl) Etsy Shop

Quilted Blooms (Paige) Etsy Shop

Can also be purchased @ amazon.com

I hope you get to make something from this book that you get to cherish or as a fabulous gift for someone else.

Plus Sign Quilt - Tea Mat & Coasters In Yellow & Grey | Whims And Fancies

Many thanks to Cheryl and Paige for including me in this fun book hop. I will be thinking about my friends when I use this tea mat and coasters during afternoon tea. If it weren’t for them, it would have been forever before this paper piecing designer got to make her Plus quilt.

Thank you for visiting me! Make sure to visit Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs and Paige @ Quilted Blooms for the full list of quilters who are participating in this book hop, and please also visit these wonderful quilters who are showing off their beautiful makes today –

Ann @ Brown Paws Quilting
Kitty @ Night Quilter
Sophie @ Luna Lovequilts
Afton @ Quilting Mod
Shelley @ The Carpenters Daughter Who Quilts

Happy Sewing,
-Soma

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After a long gap due to being sick, I stepped outside under the night sky last week with my telescope. My books and the night sky were two stable things in my life as a child. Orion was the first constellation I learned about and he promptly became my friend. I would chat away with this imposing figure in the winter sky and that continues even now. His visit every year gets me excited about winter. I intended to capture starlight from the Orion Nebula before I have to say goodbye to my starry friend.

Pleiades Star Cluster | Whims And Fancies

Astrophotography is a very time-consuming process which requires taking many a photo of the same object over a long span of time. I wrapped myself up with many layers of clothing for a long, cold night outside. Unfortunately, the wind had plans of its own, nudging my telescope around by being overtly playful that night. After 45 minutes and only 4 good photos, I decided to stop and continue on another night. I spent rest of the time enjoying being outside under the stars, dreaming of being a little closer to them.

Orange Maine Coon Cat | Whims And Fancies

My husband loves to spoil this boy by feeding him extra portions of kitty food. He was an extremely happy boy that day, full of extra food. I gave him the Union Jack pillow, and we shared the castle quilt to stay warm together. He purred and dreamed beside me while I knitted into the night.

Socks Knitting Pattern | Whims And Fancies

Lulled into a peaceful state with the gentle purring of my cat, it didn’t take long for me to start dreaming as well. Ever since I was a child, I wanted to travel more than anything. Knitting warm woolens always makes me specially dream of the North. Basking in new travel plans in my head, I worked toward finishing my very first pair of knitted socks. These are keeping my perpetually cold feet wonderfully warm.

Dreams Are The Touchstones Of Our Characters Thoreau - Dreaming Into The Night | Whims And Fancies

Afterwards, while flipping through an old book, I found this tucked inside. I assumed it came with the book until I realised the rubber stamps used on this were mine! I have no recollection of when I made this. I suppose such is the nature of dreams.

We don’t remember all of them, but some occasionally surface to remind us to continue to dream, reach for the stars and hope for change.

-Soma

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Dreaming Into The Night