Form Follows Color

Sampler quilts are a fun way to play with new colors, designs and techniques. This original sampler combines piecing, applique, and embroidery in a setting that brings it all together.  (Also, scroll down for a FREE setting pattern!)

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Form Follows Color, made and quilted by Christiane Ermke 

Christiane Ermke says, "My quilt group (Piece Makers) had a challenge in 2023. We randomly picked every month a shape and a color and created something quilty out of these two prompts." 

Christiane says that her biggest challenge was to find a way to combine all the blocks in a pleasing way. Creating a "path" that connects the blocks is a fabulous idea. We love her technique: 

p.s. We recently updated our Free Pattern Days for Easy Modern Quilts (Part 1 and Part 2).  We hope you enjoy this FREE Windham Fabrics pattern called City Cycles by Tammy Vasser.  It uses a similar setting to showcase fabrics from a collection (CLICK HERE for PDF download!)

Image credits: Photos of Form Follows Color were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Quilt Arizona show.

 

Celebrating Good Times

Celebrating Good Times is a wonderful theme for quilts, and for a lifetime of happiness!  Here is a lovely quilt made by a German quilt group, replete with 150 candles. 

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Celebrating 150 Good Times by the Christiane Ermke Group* 

In 2022, the German Patchwork Guild asked their members to make a quilt to celebrate the 150th issue of their guild magazine.  A German quilt group, led by Christiane Ermke, came up with the idea to sew 150 candles to celebrate the good times they all had with each issue. The words "We celebrate good times" were created with couched yarn as shown below.

Different candle styles, fabrics, and dark & light backgrounds make this quilt a work of art! The finished piece was machine quilted (hand guided) by Christiane Ermke herself. 

*Image credits: Created by quilters in the Christiane Ermke Group: K. Selbmann, R. Kirchner, C. Nimmrichter, C. Essmann, C. Augustin, C. Roeseler, C. Funk, M. Dunckel, K. Gurezka, I. Preussler, I. Betsch, B. Fietz, K. Vierling, K. Schleicher, & A. Huetig-Braun, quilted by C. Ermke. Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2025 Arizona Quilters Guild show.