This is part of a year-long series of posts about the quilts from Modern Patchwork. I'm highlighting a different quilt each month, and will be remaking each of the book quilts in some way. Right now, I'm working on a new version of Glam Garlands (pages 24 - 33 of Modern Patchwork). I'm using my Glam Garlands pattern, but integrating elements of Alissa Haight-Carlton's Drip Quilt from Modern Minimal. You can see my post about that here, my post about making the blocks here, and my post about the quilt top here.
For this quilt back, I mostly used the same layout/directions from the book.
I constructed the blocks for the quilt back a little differently than the pattern calls for, but I made them exactly the same finished sizes.
If you're making a quilt like this, you may want to make 16 extra of each of the quilt front blocks in each size/color to use for these back blocks. To make the back blocks, sew the 16 blocks into 4 rows of 4 blocks each. You'll need to add a little more fabric to the large and medium blocks (and the width of the large block will be trimmed down a little bit) to get exactly the right size, but starting with 16 extra quilt front blocks can add some harmony between the quilt front and back.
One thing that I didn't take into account is that the quilt top I made, while the same height, is actually several inches wider than the quilt in the book. Because of this, I'm going to add a 4" strip of the Kona Steel I used for the background to one side of the quilt back - just to make sure that it's easy to line up the layers when I make my sandwich and do the quilting.
This top and back have been hanging up outside my sewing room for a few days and I've been loving the colors. Looking forward to showing you the finished product next week!
