Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Knots and Crosses Quilt + Turnabout Patchwork Book

Are you familiar with Teresa Mairal Barreu? Perhaps you've seen some of the fun videos she has on her YouTube channel?  That's how I became familiar with her work!

Teresa (a.k.a. Teresa Down Under) invited me to make a quilt from her new book, Turnabout Patchwork and to be a part of her blog tour.

Knots and Crosses Quilt from Turnabout Patchwork book - quilt by Andy of A Bright Corner

This book has some really clever quilt designs in it!  Each quilt starts out in the usual way - with a stack of quilt blocks - but then you slice them up and then flip or rotate them and sew them back together.  

There are six different sections (one for each block technique such as the snowball block, shoofly block, etc) and each section also has variations - which makes a total of 23 quilt patterns.




Turnabout Patchwork book by Teresa Mairal Barreu - found on A Bright Corner



Using the fun techniques in this book you can get some really creative blocks - as well as some cool secondary patterns coming out in your finished quilt.  

Knots and Crosses Quilt from Turnabout Patchwork book - quilt by Andy of A Bright Corner

The blocks for my quilt started with quick and easy strip piecing.  Each block was sliced diagonally twice, rotated, and then sewn back together.  

Knots and Crosses Quilt from Turnabout Patchwork book - quilt by Andy of A Bright Corner

I decided to add one more layer of interest to my quilt by using a darker shade of green for the blocks in the center of the quilt.  You can see it a little better when looking at the full quilt below.  The green prints are all from the Blossom fabric line by Christopher Thompson (Riley Blake Designs) and the gray print is a Riley Blake Designs basic called Kisses.

Knots and Crosses Quilt from Turnabout Patchwork book - quilt by Andy of A Bright Corner

You can find the Turnabout Patchwork book here on Amazon, or here from the Fat Quarter Shop.

You can see Teresa's blog here - And on this post you can find the full list of the quilters that are participating in the blog tour.

Knots and Crosses Quilt from Turnabout Patchwork book - quilt by Andy of A Bright Corner

Quilt Details:
50" x 56"
Pattern:  Knots and Crosses from Turnabout Patchwork Book
Fabric:  Blossom by Christopher Thompson / Riley Blake Designs (greens)
             Kisses basics by Riley Blake Designs (gray print in quilt)
Quilting:  Two Simple computerized edge-to-edge design

Knots and Crosses Quilt from Turnabout Patchwork book - quilt by Andy of A Bright Corner


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14 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt. Great idea to use some darker green in the center. ...karenbbsnow@gmail.com

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  2. Great quilt -- thanks for sharing it. I love Teresa's work and have seen all her videos. Very creative! jjaw at verizon.net

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  3. The color combos are perfect for the quilt design and it has eye appeal.

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  4. I don't seem to see many green quilts. Green is my favorite color! The gray print you chose is perfect.

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  5. with green as my favorite color, I just love your quilt. I love the look of these quilts.

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  6. Your colour choices created such a calming quilt. Love it!

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  7. That dark green added a lot to the quilt. Turned out wonderful. Jmikebalou (at) aol (dot) com

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  8. Your quilt looks like you are all ready to decorate for St. Patricks Day. Love the fabric choices and the way the quilt turned out. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Love your interpretation of this design.

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  10. I have been a fan of Teresa's for a few years now. Great quilt, great book, great hop!

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  11. Love this, especially your color placement! It is so interesting to look at quilts made from the same pattern, and yet they are so different (and each so wonderful!) Great job!

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  12. Wow, another beauty from this book!! I want to make them all!!

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  13. I purchased the book and have already made 2 of the quilts. All of the patterns are delightful and easy to make. Like the choice of greens. They remind me that Spring is just around the corner. D.Weeks (aka Momma Llama)

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