Simple shapes in quilting

Last week we featured top designers whose easy-to-piece quilts feature simple shapes: squares, rectangles and/or triangles. The results are simply beautiful ! The original articles are: Simple dimensional shapes:  Joen Wolfrom Designs; Simple modern shapes: Esch House Quilts; Simple shapes, jelly rolls and i Candy; Simple shapes by Diana and Laura; Simple shapes in fabulous fabrics; and Simple shapes: jelly roll quilts and other confections.  Links to the designers' sites are below the photos.

Row 1: Joen Wolfrom, at JWD Publishing.  Row 2: Debbie Grifka, at Esch House Quilts.  Row 3:  Stephanie Sheffield, Amy Walsh and Janine Burke, at Blue Underground Studios. Row 4: Laura Nownes and Diana McClun, at Laura Nownes. Row 5: Pamela Goecke Dinndorf, at Aardvark Quilts.  Row 6: Lori Allison, at Allison Quilt Designs.

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Simple shapes in fabulous fabrics

Pamela Goecke Dinndorf has been fascinated by fabrics and quilts as far back as she can remember. One of her fondest childhood memories is of cutting fabric squares, lining them up, arranging them, and rearranging them to achieve the most satisfying effect. Based in Minnesota, her Aardvark Quilts pattern line is sold around the world. The simplicity of her designs allows the colorful fabrics to really shine.

Prisms, approx 46 x 64", by Pamela Goecke Dinndorf, at Aardvark Quilts

This new pattern is an example of Pamela's flair when it comes to triangles (and triangles within triangles !)  Horizontal and vertical settings are possible.  You can even purchase a kit for "Prisms" at Gruber's Quilt Shop. 

Glorify, 56 x 75" or 85 x 104", by Pamela Goecke Dinndorf, at Aardvark Quilts

Select two large prints and enhance or glorify them with twenty-five patches on point.  It couldn't be simpler, or more effective.

Pyramid Scheme, by Pamela Goecke Dinndorf, at Aardvark Quilts

This brand-new pattern has all kinds of fabric possibilities; see the kit designed by Jinny Beyer using Jinny Beyer fabrics.

Image credits and links:  Images are shown with the generous permission of Pamela Goecke Dinndorf. For an interesting interview, with great "in-person" photos of Aardvark Quilts' 2010 booth, see the article written by Kelly Jackson at I Have A Notion.  We also featured several Aardvark Quilts patterns in our article on stripes and plaids:  see Waste Not, Want Not.

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