Eclipse Quilt Archives - Color Girl Quilts by Sharon McConnell

18 May

A New (AMAZING!) Eclipse Quilt

Posted by Sharon
Art Gallery Fabrics, Classic Curves Ruler, modern curved piecing quilt, patchwork quilt fabric kits
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It is so exciting to show you this amazing quilt! My friend Carol made this version of the Eclipse quilt with the green kit option that's available in my shop. I am so impressed with her skills, and super thrilled with how the selection of prints and colors look together. The Eclipse quilt is confident level quilt pattern that uses the Classic Curves Ruler. When I made the sample for the pattern, I chose a bright yellow print for the main background fabric...I love how unexpected it is for a main color and how the bright prints really shine. ...

25 Mar

Curved PIecing, Eclipse Quilt

Sew Ready! The Prettiest Eclipse Quilts

Posted by Sharon
Classic Curves Ruler, easy curved piecing quilt, modern curved piecing quilt, star quilt kit
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One of the biggest reasons I decided to add fabric to my little shop here is that I wanted to offer unique fabric combinations for you to interpret in your own quilts. Quilt pattern kits are such a great way to take the guesswork out of starting a quilt! This week, I have put together kits for the latest Classic Curves Ruler pattern, Eclipse. I think you are going to love the options. If you love the original quilt sample with it's quirky bright yellow focus fabric, you'll want to choose the yellow version. Kit includes fabric to make the...

19 Jan

Classic Curves Ruler, Eclipse Quilt, Finished Quilts

New! Eclipse Pattern for the CCRuler

It's finally here! The newest quilt pattern to make with the Classic Curves Ruler is now available. Eclipse is the perfect mix of quilty favorites: stars and curves. Some of you will recognize Eclipse. It is a pattern I wrote and published first in Quilt Now magazine and had the pattern available with templates. Now, I have redesigned it and updated the pattern to use the Classic Curves Ruler. Without templates to copy and cut out and the accuracy you have with the CCRuler, you'll make up Eclipse easier and in less time. For my sample, I used a variety of...

11 Nov

Curved PIecing, Eclipse Quilt, Finished Quilts, Quilting Interest

Finished Quilt! Eclipse Pattern take 2

Posted by Sharon
curved piecing quilt, easy curved piecing quilt pattern, modern patchwork quilt
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Last weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Sewtopia, a retreat for quilters and sewers, in Portland, Oregon. One of the projects I took with me to finish is my little Eclipse quilt, and I am so proud to say that I did it! This little quilt is made from my Eclipse pattern (available to buy here/or in print from quilt shops). I started this quilt as demonstration for a class I taught at my local shop in October, and I kind of can't believe I finished it so quickly...working it in around my school work and family...

30 Sep

Curved PIecing, Eclipse Quilt, Work in progress

Quilt in Progress: a new Eclipse

Posted by Sharon
curved piecing, Eclipse Quilt pattern, modern patchwork quilt, scrappy quilt
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I am starting a new, smaller version of my Eclipse quilt pattern. This is going to be part of my demonstration pieces for a class I am teaching this weekend. I think this is going to be such a fun quilt...I love these bright colors and modern prints! I am thinking about mixing up the prints in the circles, rather than placing the four alike ones together to form a complete circle. What do you think? I am also trying it out with navy blue in place of the yellow. I have several blocks sewn, ready to add the stars. I...

04 Jun

Curved PIecing, Eclipse Quilt, Finished Quilts

Finally Finished: Mini Eclipse Quilt

Posted by Sharon
curved piecing quilt, Eclipse Quilt pattern, modern mini quilt
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The last couple weeks, I have written about working on this little quilt as my "Quilt in Progress", so I am happy to finally have it finished! This is a miniature (about 30" square) of my original Eclipse Quilt (pattern available Here or on my Craftsy Shop) that was featured in Quilt Now magazine back in December. Honestly, I have so many quilts in progress, and a million more inside my head and sketch book, I don't know what possessed me to re-make this quilt other than that I really love the design. It is a unique way to use...

01 Apr

Curved PIecing, Eclipse Quilt

New Quilt Pattern: Eclipse

Posted by Sharon
curved piecing quilt, Eclipse quilt, modern patchwork quilt pattern, star quilt
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Hooray! the Eclipse quilt pattern is finally available. Please visit my pattern shop here on this site, or Craftsy to purchase. I am extra excited about sharing this quilt...it is probably my favorite of at least the past year. I usually have a hard time choosing favorites among my quilts, but I just love how this quilt turned out... the combination of stars and curves, the colors and fabrics, and the amazing quilting by Judi Madsen. The pattern includes full size templates for cutting the curved shapes, they are all pieced with no appliqué and no foundation/paper piecing. You can...

22 Mar

Curved PIecing, Eclipse Quilt, Quilting Interest, Work in progress

Mini Quilt Table Topper

Posted by Sharon
Alison Glass fabrics, Eclipse quilt, Leah Duncan fabrics, mini quilt, modern curved piecing, table topper quilt, wall hanging quilt
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I have spent the last month or so mostly working on finishing Quilts in Progress and writing, but I interrupted myself to whip up this mini Eclipse quilt! This project served lots of purposes, but mostly I wanted to test out the templates for the Eclipse pattern to make sure they transferred to the published pattern accurately. The pattern is all ready to go, but I was kind of dumb and didn't take many photos before I sent the quilt to England for photography by Quilt Now. Now I am anxiously (more every day!) waiting for it to return....

20 Dec

Eclipse Quilt, Finished Quilts

Finished Quilt! Eclipse

Posted by Sharon
curve piecing quilt, Eclipse quilt, modern orange peel quilt, quilt with stars
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I am so happy to be able to finally share this quilt! This is one of my favorite quilts that I made this year, and it is called "Eclipse". I sewed it last spring but didn't share the details because it was going to England and is now published in Quilt Now magazine. I think this is a very exciting quilt design because it combines some really fun piecing techniques, including curved piecing, and really pretty fabrics (of course!). It was quilted by the always fabulous Judi Madsen of Green Fairy Quilts. I started out with a fabric bundle of...