Ascend Quilt – Moda Bake Shop Bella Solids Alternative

I’m super excited to announce I have my first ever Moda Bake Shop tutorial this week! You can hop over to http://www.modabakeshop.com to check it out. Moda is releasing several new Christmas lines over the next couple months, giving you plenty of time to make some Christmas quilts before the holiday season gets here. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Moda Bake Shop is also doing a “Summer of Solids” series where their chefs whip up projects using Bella Solids. I knew the quilt I designed would look super fun in solids, so I decided to hit up my local quilt shops for some Bella and got to work piecing an alternative version of my Ascend quilt.

First, here is a picture of the Christmas version, using Deb Strain’s Ho Ho Ho fabric. It was quilted by my favorite long-arm quilter with a fabulously retro pattern.

For the solids version I flip flopped the use of color and white. I think it resembles sun rays over a beach, so I did a quick and dirty Photoshop of my final photos onto some beach, somewhere. If only the photos had actually been taken there!

Materials:

For this version of the quilt you will need the following materials (Bella solids name followed by color number):

(a) Bella Solid Cheddar (9900 152) – 1/2 yard

(b) Bella Solid Yellow (9900 24) – 1/2 yard

(d) Bella Solid Bluebell (9900 141) – 1/2 yard

(e) Bella Solid Tranquil Aqua (9900 186) – 1/2 yard

(f) Bella Solid Light Lime (9900 100) – 1/2 yard

(g) Bella Solid Green (9900 65) – 1/2 yard

(h) Bella Solid Carribean (9900 86) – 1/2 yard

Bella Solid White – 1.25 yards or half of 1 Jelly Roll

Cutting Instructions (You can click on the diagram below to bring it up much larger in a new window):

Bella Solids Colors: Cut (4) 2.5″ x Width of Fabric (WOF) strips from your colors. Subcut per the diagram below. Note the colors correspond with the lower case letter in the Materials section.

Bella Solids White: Cut (16) 2.5″ x WOF strips from your white. Cut them down per the diagram below.