American Patchwork & Quilting – October 2019

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Quilting Diagram

For her version of Crossing

Through, quilt tester Martha Gamm

used both mottled and solid colors

and made deliberate placement

choices.

“When arranging the completed

blocks in diagonal rows, I purposely

placed some complementary color

blocks next to one another,” Martha

says. “Those really pop. In other

cases, I placed blocks of similar

colors next to one another, and

they are less noticeable. These

decisions resulted in a dynamic

and vibrant quilt top that keeps the

eye moving.”

FABRICS are from the Toscana and Basics

collections from Northcott (northcott.com).

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QUILTED

In this project I used two layers of Hobbs 80/20

batting. I chose Magnifico, a 40-weight, two-ply

polyester thread manufactured by Superior Threads,

and matched thread colors with fabric colors. I

stitched in the ditch around the sections of color

using monofilament thread. To finish the setting

and corner triangles, I stitched a piano keys design

with purple thread.

—Vicki Hoth, Handi Quilter studio educator

74 APQ • October 2019