Two years ago when the world flipped upside down, I found myself at home with my entire family & hundreds of low volume fat quarters. To keep myself sane, I started cutting and stitching and made my first low volume background quilt. It’s hard to believe the years have passed the way they have, but I’ve fallen solidly in love with low volume background quilts and I’ve set out to make myself a rainbow of them. This coral beauty is my own pattern and I’ve named her ‘Contemporary’.
This quilt requires 46 fat quarters and it gobbles them up. On my first version, I kept having to go back and cut, and cut, and cut. So if you have a stash of low volumes you are looking to turn into something beautiful, this is the quilt. And if you want a perfectly curated low volume background, we have a few kits left in our shop to make one nearly identical.
This quilt is probably not ideal for a first time quilter, but if you’ve done any kind of patchwork before, you’ll be fine. The trick to getting it put together is to keep a consistent seam allowance. I love how the background has movement but lets the blocks glow. It usually lives on my oldest daughter’s bed and she just ADORES it. 
I’ll be hosting a quilt along on *instagram* in my stories (and hopefully posting here, too) with tips and tricks as we go along. Week one (starting this week on January 26th) will be choosing fabrics & cutting them up. Week two is constructing the focus blocks. Week three is creating the sashing pieces. Week four (February 16th) will be putting everything together. It’s a fun pattern and much easier to put together than it looks like once it’s all together. I hope you’ll join us!
The winner from the last post is number 31! Which, if I’ve counted correctly is Shelly Stephen. Yay for new scissors! And these really are the best! I’ll send you an email!
That quilt is beautiful 🤩