Introducing Mega Star 2 and Those Trees 2 Featuring Chill

In last week’s blog post I introduced you to a new pattern featuring my upcoming fabric series CHILL which will hit stores in July. We got to see the Winter Windows pattern, and this week I’m excited to share two more patterns with you. The first one is Mega Star 2, and some of you will recognize it. It was featured with my previous Christmas fabric series and was quite popular, so I thought I’d revisit the pattern and give you an updated cover displaying the new fabric line.

Mega Star is a modern take on the classic Lone Star pattern which most of you will have seen somewhere during your time as a quilter. In this case, my star has a scrappy look and for that I used a jelly roll – it gives me a wide variety of prints at a lower cost.

I only used blues, whites and silvers and left out the fabrics with sand tones to give it a more cohesive look. Of course, you can choose whichever prints and colors you like, it all depends on your style. If you do use a jelly roll you also have the benefit of precut strips that are used during the sewing process with this pattern which will save you some time.

The second pattern I’d like to introduce, Those Trees 2, was also already featured with a previous fabric collection. It quickly sold out, so I again reprinted it with a new cover featuring the CHILL collection.

This pattern is so popular because of its minimalist modern Christmas look. You have a ribbon of trees in a wide negative space, which allows for beautiful intricate quilting or even geometric quilting, whichever you prefer. With this quilt I used a complete color range, and I like how the sand tones and the blue tones interplay.

You can purchase either or both of these patterns as PDF downloads in my shop.

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FREE QUILT ALONG BLOCKHEADS 2020
BLOCK #25
CORNER GARDEN

Can you believe we’re almost halfway through our year-long quilt along? Just like Blockheads 2, this year is turning out to be a wonderful time of creativity, inspiration and new friendships. Our amazing Facebook community has grown to over 44,000 members! This is where you can catch up on all the block patterns shared so far, see the blocks that other quilters who are following along have shared as well as their unique projects and sampler quilts, and join in this fantastic and encouraging community. And if you’re sewing along, you can also share your blocks on Instagram using the hashtags #modablockheads and #modablockheads3.

If you’re brand new to Blockheads, feel free to jump in with us any time! Each week we share a free block pattern, and you can go back through the last few months to catch up and join us. Be sure to check out this post to find out what fabrics you’ll need to get started creating your own unique sampler quilt using free block patterns from Moda designers each week.

This week brings us Block 25, Corner Garden from Robin Pickens. Robin is considered one of Moda’s modern designers, and when you visit her series for Blockheads 3 you’ll see that she creates two blocks each time. One has a nearly solid setting, and the other has different prints so she provides a couple of nice variations on her design. I can’t wait to see how everyone will interpret this week’s block with their own style and flair!

Don't miss the other blockheads involved in this project:

Betsy Chutchian
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilt
Janet Clare
Jan Patek
Jen Kingwell
Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree
Jo Morton
Laurie Simpson
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Lissa Alexander of Moda
Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles
Me & My Sister Designs
Robin Pickens
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Stacy Iest Hsu
Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique
Carrie Nelson

Stay tuned… Each week I’ll reveal more of my layout with the next block!

Which of the three new patterns for Chill stands out to you the most? Share with us in the comments below!