Medallion Quilts ~ DO IT YOURSELF

As I design quilts I draw a lot from the past. Quilters from yesteryear are a great resource. Isn't it wonderful that we can pick and choose from all those that came before and make something totally are own? Recently I've had an interest in Medallion quilts. A lot of that interest was inspired by this quilt by Jen Kingwell.

By Gone Aussie Quilting

So I did a little research. Medallion quilts were a favorite style from 1780-1800. They often used a panel as a center. Fabric manufactures printed fabric specifically for this as well as fabric that would work for borders. Quilters would often have the same center then create their own borders to make the quilt their own.

Applique centers became popular in the late 1700's. Quilters often cut out shapes from printed fabric for their applique.

Hexie Center

Later pieced centers became popular. Hexagon centers beginning in 1817

Star Center

Centers featuring a pieced star started around 1830.

Hope all this information as made you excited to make a medallion quilt as I am. Would you be willing to join me in a sew along? We'll change things up a bit from our sister quilters of yesteryear. Instead of having the same center I thought we could each make our own center. Choose your favorite method, applique or pieced. You will want to have a 24" center for next month when I start giving instructions for various borders. From then on the second Friday for the next five months you will find new instructions for another border. By the end you will have a nice throw size quilt. Sound good?

Medallion Quilt Along

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Grab the button and get going on your center. This is going to be so fun! I think a link up party next month anyway would be fun to see what everyone came up with. Then wait until the end to do a big reveal. What do you think?

Medallion Quilts

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