When I saw the news about the MFA Quilt Along, I knew I had to join. I am a sucker for modern quilting and each block in this quilt looked amazing!

This quilt is so bright, it was hard to get an accurate photo, so hopefully you can get the feel of how festive and fun this color palette really is. The finished quilt measures 60” x 60” — a perfect throw size quilt.

I chose to use Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cottons in Persimmon, Cinnamon, Marmalade, Putty, Hunter, and Pear. I wanted a color palette that could work for a Christmas look, but possibly be versatile enough to extend throughout the year. I think these colors were perfect for that objective.

The only trouble I ran into with this quilt was that one of my blocks ended up squaring up at barely 12”. I didn’t have time to redo it (which really would have been the easier thing to do), so I ended up trimming all of my blocks to 12”. This left my quilt top a little smaller than I wanted, which led me to whip up some flying geese to act as an additional border extension. Seriously, all of the extra work when I could have simple redone the block! Lol! However, I am so glad it turned out this way because I love the flying geese border!

I took the quilt top with me up to the hills one one of my shorter hikes and snapped this photo. I love the triumphant looking shadow — that’s exactly how I felt when I finished this beauty! And of course the doggy photo bomb is a treat — my four-legged hiking companion, Tim, obviously lacks a sense of direction — the camera is the other way, buddy:)

I love the addition of the flying geese on the two corners. It isn’t overpowering, but adds just the right amount of interest and serves as the extension I needed to make the quilt just a little larger. The inner border consists of 8” strips of the Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cotton in Persimmon. The outer flying geese border is 4 1/2” wide.

A super modern quilt called for simple, clean straight line quilting. I sewed the lines at a slight angle for additional interest, using painter’s tape to mark the first line, and eyeballing the remaining lines, using previous lines as my guide.

The binding is the same Hunter Confetti Cotton I used throughout the quilt. Can I just say again how much I love the flying geese corners? I love happy accidents and this happy accident is one of the very best.

There she is! My #mfaqal quilt! Can’t wait to get her washed and ready to snuggle by the fireplace throughout the holiday season. Happy Quilting!