Create a bright, bold, modern quilt with string-pieced appliqué central design, and string-pieced border with Megan Manwaring’s quilt pattern. This is a fun, scrappy quilt project to create in bold, patterned fabrics.
Use a wide variety of scrap fabrics to create the look of a scrappy quilt — use everything and anything you have available — the more variation of fabrics, the scrappier it looks
Have fun playing with fabric by picking a bold patterned fabric for your background and borders
Create your templates for the appliqué centre by tracing your shapes from the included pattern sheet
Megan shares her tips on what fabrics to use for your string-pieced fabric
The appliqué is made by using needleturn appliqué, but you can adapt to your preferred appliqué method
Detailed instructions and diagrams take you through cutting your fabrics, the central appliqué design, creating your borders and completing your quilt
Instructions include how Megan hand-quilted her finished quilt
