I’ve been having a great time recoloring all of the quilts from my book Machine Quilting with Style. I hope you’ve been getting inspired by all the possibilities. 🙂
This week, I’m sharing about Broken V. First, here’s the original – a simple modern design made from half-square triangles. I love how the solids really show off the machine quilting, but it would look just as fabulous in prints!
Broken V 60″ x 70″ by Christa Watson. Photography by Brent Kane for Martingale.
Broken V Re-imagined
First of all, I thought it would be fun to change out the background to a dark navy while still pairing it up with bold solids:
I design all of my quilts using Electric Quilt Software.
For the next re-coloring, I thought it would be fun to use Cozy Christmas prints from Lori Holt for a completely different look, perfect for the upcoming holidays:
Click here to purchase Cozy Christmas precut bundles by Lori Holt.
Celebration Giveaway
Each week along with sharing new versions of each quilt, I’m also hosting a giveaway. It’s like a 12 week-long birthday party, celebrating the joy that writing this book has brought into my life after just a year in print!
Last time Jean K. and Lillian K each won a four pack of my quilt patterns. This week I’m going to send one lucky winner a copy of The Quilter’s Planner, produced by my friend Stephanie Palmer of Late Night Quilter.
I was excited to have my Feathered Chevrons quilt included along with 13 other fabulous projects shown below.
And if that wasn’t exciting enough, Stephanie is also throwing in a fun bundle of Blueberry Park fabric for another lucky winner.
How to Enter
Just leave a comment below letting me know how you usually plan out your days. Do you use a paper planner? A digital tool? The back of your hand??? 🙂
I’ll pick 2 US winners next Friday when I reveal the next recolored quilt!
More Inspiration & Where to Buy
My book was published on my daughter’s birthday last year, so she got the first copy!
- Click here to see the rest of the quilts from the book, along with more optional colorways made by my friends!
- Click here to pick up a signed copy of Machine Quilting with Style.
Christa Quilts 
Christa – First I have to say, love the Broken V design, especially in “Cozy Christmas” fabrics.
I am old school and plan my day using pencil and paper. I usually write my lists on whatever paper I can find. That can be dangerous since I often lose the piece of paper. 😦
I don’t have a plan. I just fly by the seat of my pants.
I use a planner for myself, a calendar for family obligations, another calendar for my work deadlines, and I make a list everyday. I love planners because they make me feel I am in control of my time.
I usually use a notebook and make a list. If I don’t, I get all mixed up and forgetful!
I just write a list and scratch out as they’re completed. I really don’t have a plan for each day which is a shame since I’m retired and should have lots of time. I don’t know where my time goes each day!
I love planners! I make a lot of quilting to-do lists but a planner sounds much better!
I would love to win this planner! I *try* to plan out my days on my marker board in my studio, but I’m only the world’s most disorganized person, so pretty much nothing ever goes as planned. Sad but true. LOL.
I love planners! I write a lot of lists but a planner sounds much better. Just the act of writing it down is satisfying. Now if only I could get everything on my list done!
Hi I use the calendar on the phone and the reminders. But I have a quilting to do list by the sewing machine
I make a list of things I need to do – before I start sewing and then that’s pretty much by the seat of my pants – which are p\pretty thin now.
Every day activities are on the calendar. I use S Notes to plan out quilting on a block. I plan quilting and sewing based on when I need a project completed. I am working on learning heirloom sewing techniques now because I do believe in using techniques in a variety of ways when sewing. I have enjoyed your book and your book with Angela. Both wonderful and inspiring. Would definitely enjoy the planner for 2017!
My phone calendar is packed with all six of our family member’s schedules, arranged by color. It keeps me sane. But there are so many times I grab a scrap piece of paper to write down the same lists. Sometimes it is cathartic to put a pen to paper. Thanks for such a great giveaway!
Plan? Seriously, I go by my mood and the seat of my pants! Really need this planner. Thanks for the opportunity.
Hahaha! Oh my! The planning that goes on in my head is simply amazing … And then it ends up on sticky notes in my Kingdom (yes, it’s called the Quilt Kingdom). Other planning activities include scrap paper taped to the wall wherever I’m working (I often have specific cutting details on the wall above the cutting station – because I work on several projects at all times) and even have stooped so low as to use painters tape on my sewing machine with notes on what is happening on a specific project. Hmmmm. Perhaps a planner would be a good thing …
I don’t plan much,, I just do what I need to do. Thanks for the chance to enter. I love your quilts.
I plan in my head everyday what I am going to do today. Well I’m retired and I enjoy quilting, although I have been quilting for only one year. I have made quite a few quilts and if I say so myself quit good. Just finished my Grench that stole Christmas. Love to share with you.
My planning system consists of lots of post its all over the place, and half finished EQ7 projects! A planner sounds like a great idea!
I usually think about my day with my 1st cup of coffee. If it’s very busy then I’ll write a to do list.
I get up in the morning and go to work if time at night when I get home after dinner I play with my sewing machine. Hopefully I will retire at the end of this year and then Ill have plenty of time to sew quilts. I just finished a king flying geese for my niece who just got married, and a baby quilt I worked on for the last 2 years.
I have a 2 year pocket calendar that I jot down what is going on. I am very dependent on the calendar. I will also make paper lists of thing I want to get done, it helps a lot.
Christa….thank you…for teaching me sew many things this past year. I have enjoyed following and will continue.
I am sorry to say it is usually my hand..I know that is poor management but if I get an idea or learn of a different technique that will help on something else I am working on then I just jot it down so I don’t forget..but I have made a promise to myself for the coming new year to try and get more organized and get back to my blog. Thanks for the opportunity for your gift giving…
Planning my day, we’ll that varies, many times especially while I am still in bed, ideas roll around in my head. How to finish this project or that one, if I have a class, think about what I need to take with me. Certain days are reserved for housework, date with husband, or church. That leaves open days for me to sew or attend a class. I do make up a list at end of year of UFOS and the place them on my new calendar to complete. This does not always work but I feel so smart doing it. Love this blog and learned so much. Enjoy your books and Crafts class also. Thank you for all the inspiration and guidance.
I’m a pen and paper kind of girl. I have been very fascinated by the quilt planners that I have seen since I have several quilts at different states of progress. I have been thinking one might be truly helpful. Keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for everything you share.
I currently use the AQS daily calendar to plan my quiltwork and keep track of bills. I would love to use the Quilt Planner!
I usually make a list on paper, there’s just something about crossing items off the list as I get them done that makes me feel good!
I am a list maker, but it is done in my head. If there is a lot going on I will use a sticky note and put it on the window in the kitchen, that way I see it often.
I make a list on the memo app on my phone for groceries, supplies needed. I also have a list on the same memo app of the sewing patterns and DVDs we own, that way I can check the list before I buy to ensure I don’t already have them. I also keep a paper calendar for events and appointments even though they are also on my calendar in phone.
Try to leave time in the day for making. I figure refigure and figure again mostly in my head and occasionally a note on paper when I get close to the next project. Trying to get the courage to quilt something larger than a pillow on my sewing machine. Happy Holidays to all!
I use a calendar to write in what my day is going to look like. I would love to have a special calendar to use for that purpose. Not enough room on my other calendar for all the notes and info I might need.
I use the calendar for those items that are scheduled, but I am a paper list writer for the daily stuff. There are so many things I “want” to do that if I didn’t write a list I’d forget. And yes, now that I’m retired the lists always in Lise quilting or sewing.
I’m a list maker. Love crossing off those completed projects!
I use a notebook to track what is happening as I like to make notes on changing sizes and colors. Interesting as I use computer for tracking the rest of my life. No t sure why writing down quilting projects is fulfilling.
I don’t do much planning, other than write a to do list for my day off. It’s just me and my 2 cats, and they don’t care what I do as long as I feed and pet them!
I make a list on my “list” app on my phone and also on my “reminder” app. Sometimes it is on paper and it feels so satisfying when I can delete or mark off when I have completed the things I needed to do!😀
I tend to not plan, therefore many forgotten WIPs. Living on a farm, you never know what each day will bring so I just roll with the flow. It would be great to have a plan for my quilts though. Maybe I wouldn’t have so many unfinished ones.
I fall asleep planning a quilt in my head. To make it come alive I usually draw it out on paper but I have occasionally used the computer.
Paper planner. Need to see it written down
I make lists on paper and in the notes tool on my phone. For some quilt projects, I write my plans in my graph paper design notebook. It’s fun later to look back and see how close I came to my dream timeline.
Paper planner but then that is subject to change depending on any sewing road trips!
I’m a list maker. I’ll even add things I’ve already completed just to be able to cross them off, so satisfying.
I don’t usually get to sew much on the weekdays so my weekends are now planned in my head with the best of intentions. Maybe a write it down planner would be a better way to go!
I have a small paper planner in my purse, The calendar on the wall in the kitchen and sticky notes everywhere.
I start making lists which goes to me making piles of the projects which goes onto me hoping that I actually get them done lol
I make lists for everything. I sometimes lose the lists and have to re-make them. To-Do lists, shopping lists, sometimes it’s just a specific list for an event. I use a daily planner and the calendar, depending on where I’m spending my time, at the office or at home. I create reminders on my phone when I have appointments, or have to do something important, so I don’t forget. And of course I try to keep all of that in my head.
I rely on a written to do list.
I make lists..today list, this week list, long term lists. Things to do move from one list to the next and some are on each list permanently like sewing. Use 4″x 6″ cards for short term lists and paper for long term lists.
I am just returning back to quilting. I co-owned a small shop when my husband was serving as a doctor in the army. My sewing machine broke in one of our moves and it was never replaced until recently (with a used machine). I have finished 3 quilts in 2 years using patterns from books/magazines plus lots of small projects. I am hoping a planner will take me to the next level in my return to my favorite pastime.
my to do list, well, I think of what needs to be done for the day,what I want to do and what I have to do. 🙂
Outlook is my friend when it comes to planning. I also carry a little pocket planner in my purse just because one never knows when it’s needed.
I use a combination of paper and digital for my planning.
Now that I am retired, I wing it.