Four ways to make the Airspace Quilt
By pattern testers
This is the Airspace Quilt in the quilts and words of the quilters who helped me to test the pattern and make sure it was just right for you.
It still amazes me that people I've never met, from all over the world, volunteered their skills, fabric, time and energy to help test the Airspace Quilt pattern. These quilters REALLY made the pattern their own. They took the design, added their own creativity, and each made something unique. They’ve found such versatility in the pattern that even I didn’t realise was there as the designer!
Here’s a closer look at the different ways my pattern testers interpreted the Airspace Quilt, along with their personal feedback on using the pattern. Click through the slideshows below and let them inspire your own quilt!
The solids version
The Airspace Quilt works especially well with solid fabrics. The clean lines and crisp points of all those flying geese pair perfectly with saturated blocks of colour, from subtle and romantic to bold and striking. Here’s how Claire, Lesley and Sian got the solids look:
The bold background version
Bringing the background fabric into the spotlight is a fun twist on the classic patchwork quilt look. Here’s how Kaitlin, Stacy and Rebecca used a show-stopping ‘background’ fabric and made it the star of their quilts:
The three (or two) colour version
The Airspace Quilt pattern design uses five different fabrics, plus a background fabric, to create the patchwork top. Buy what if you distill that down to just three, or even two, fabrics? That’s exactly the idea that Sonja and Jenny experimented with to create a completely different look. Here’s how they did it:
The subtle pattern version
Airspace is a bold, modern quilt design with lots of angles, created by the flying geese based blocks. Some of my pattern testers cleverly softened all that geometry with pretty prints and colourful pattern. Their quilts have a different look and feel that’s more subtle, playful and even romantic! Here’s how Laura, Sue and Merce created a new look Airspace Quilt:
There you have it: one quilt pattern, two block designs, three sizes and four different ways to make it your own!
Buy your copy of the Airspace Quilt here and plan your version with my free digital colouring page available on PreQuilt.
I’d love to know if you’ve been inspired to make an Airspace Quilt. Comment below or share your version on social media using the hashtags #AirspaceQuilt and #CQSPatterns (don’t forget to tag me @cowdenquiltschool).
Kathleen x