The Crafty Gemini's Keys of Float Modern Quilt Design Tutorial: Part 1

Hey everyone, it's Vanessa The Crafty Gemini here and welcome to my channel! I post weekly crafting, cooking, and organic gardening videos right here on my YouTube channel. In this video tutorial, we're kicking off a brand new modern quilt along series, and I'm excited to share this really pretty quilt design with you.

I designed this quilt to be a fun way to get some beginners interested in quilting and also in modern quilting. It's super easy to put together, all you're cutting is a bunch of strips - okay, I know that sounds simple, but trust me, it's true! This quilt is called Keys of Float, and it's a modern quilt design.

When it comes to the definition of modern quilting, it can vary depending on what quilter you ask. However, some common elements that are often seen in modern quilts include bright and bold colors, prints, solid fabrics, negative space (blank space), improvisational piecing, and other fun techniques like the loose wavy quilt design I've done here.

I just did a really loose wavy quilt design here, which you'll see more of in future videos. The binding is also made up of different strips that I put together to create it - I even have some different colors that go around that side of the quilt. And, on this side there's a white chunk, and then on the other side, there's a burgundy colored chunk right here.

The backing of the quilt is also pieced together from scraps left over from making the quilt top. It's not just one large piece, but rather multiple smaller pieces sewn together to create the overall design. The amount of negative space in this quilt allows for some fun quilting designs to be showcased.

If you like modern quilting and want to learn more about different techniques and designs, I highly recommend checking out the Modern Quilt Guild. They're the International Organization for modern Quilters, and they have a wealth of information on their website.

Now, let's talk about the fabrics I used for this quilt. These are all from the textured solids collection by Andover Fabrics, which has tons of really pretty colors. The fabrics are called textured solids because when you feel them, it almost has like a Gauzy or linen feel to it. You can find links in the description box below to where you can purchase this collection.

I used a few different colors from the collection to create this quilt top together. I'll show you what those colors are and how they work together in future videos. For now, let's just say that these fabrics are a great choice for anyone looking for modern quilting inspiration. So, make sure to hit that subscribe button right here so you won't miss out on any of my future videos or this series of course.

If you're going to be following along with this tutorial, please leave me a comment below letting me know that you're joining The Cools along with me. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time! Here's your homework for next week: go out and grab all the fabrics we're working with - textured solids by Andover Fabrics. You'll need to get some batting aside from this fabric collection, but other than that, let's get started on cutting those strips tomorrow.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey it's Vanessa The Crafty Gemini I post weekly crafting cooking and organic gardening videos right here on my YouTube channel in this video tutorial we're kicking off a brand new modern video quilt along series and if you don't know what that is basically I'm going to walk you through in three separate videos how you can create this really pretty quilt that I designed and made and so I came up with this design I thought it would be a fun way to get some beginners interested in quilting and also in modern quilting it's a super super super easy quilt to put together all you're cutting is a bunch of strips so easy okay I calling it keys of float it's a modern quilt design and if you're wondering exactly what the definition of a modern quilt is it's going to vary depending on what quilter you ask right but some of the elements that you often will see in modern quilts are some of the things that you'll see here for example is bright and bold colors um or prints as well but a lot of times you'll see solid Fabrics like these in modern quilts also the amount of negative space meaning just Blank Space here that's going to allow the quilter to do some fun quilting designs here I just did a really loose wavy quilt design here and I'll show you how I did that in a future video as well and then things like improvisational piecing which is something that I have here on the binding especially I just put together different strips to create The Binding you can see I even have some different colors that go around that side of the quilt also I have a piec backing on here meaning I put together some different scraps that I had left over from making the quilt top and then I put it together to make a piece back there's a white chunk there and then on this side there's this burgundy colored chunk right here and the rest of the backing is orange okay so these are just some of the different elements that you may come across when you're looking up or researching modern quilts for yourself if you like this design and you're interested in modern quilting I definitely recommend that you head on over to the modern quilt Guild I'll include the website right here for you to check out they're the International Organization for modern Quilters but now let's go over the Fabrics that I used these are all from the textured solids collection and in the description box below I'll include what colors or what are the names of the colors that I use to create this quilt because there's tons of really pretty colors and these Fabrics are called textured solids obviously because they're just solid but when you get up close and you feel them it almost has like a Gauzy or linen feel to it and I'll show you a shot here a close-up shot to see if you can kind of see the Grain Lines I'll include some links in the description box below this video here on YouTube on where you can find this collection they have it in tons of different colors these are just a few of the colors that I selected from The Collection to put this quilt top together so I hope you enjoyed this informational video part one of our keys of float modern quilt design that we're working on for this series make sure that you click that subscribe button right there so you won't miss out on any of my future videos or the videos in this series of course and if you're going to be following along make sure that you hit this video with a a thumbs up leave me a comment below letting me know that you're going to be joining The Cools along with me and thanks for watching I'll see you next time bye and here is your homework for next week go out and grab all your Fabrics we're working with textured solids by Andover Fabrics these are all the names of the different colors in the collection that you'll need and the amounts they include fabric for both the backing and The Binding so you'll only need to get some batting aside from this and otherwise I'll meet you right back here next Thursday and we'll start cutting some Fabricshey it's Vanessa The Crafty Gemini I post weekly crafting cooking and organic gardening videos right here on my YouTube channel in this video tutorial we're kicking off a brand new modern video quilt along series and if you don't know what that is basically I'm going to walk you through in three separate videos how you can create this really pretty quilt that I designed and made and so I came up with this design I thought it would be a fun way to get some beginners interested in quilting and also in modern quilting it's a super super super easy quilt to put together all you're cutting is a bunch of strips so easy okay I calling it keys of float it's a modern quilt design and if you're wondering exactly what the definition of a modern quilt is it's going to vary depending on what quilter you ask right but some of the elements that you often will see in modern quilts are some of the things that you'll see here for example is bright and bold colors um or prints as well but a lot of times you'll see solid Fabrics like these in modern quilts also the amount of negative space meaning just Blank Space here that's going to allow the quilter to do some fun quilting designs here I just did a really loose wavy quilt design here and I'll show you how I did that in a future video as well and then things like improvisational piecing which is something that I have here on the binding especially I just put together different strips to create The Binding you can see I even have some different colors that go around that side of the quilt also I have a piec backing on here meaning I put together some different scraps that I had left over from making the quilt top and then I put it together to make a piece back there's a white chunk there and then on this side there's this burgundy colored chunk right here and the rest of the backing is orange okay so these are just some of the different elements that you may come across when you're looking up or researching modern quilts for yourself if you like this design and you're interested in modern quilting I definitely recommend that you head on over to the modern quilt Guild I'll include the website right here for you to check out they're the International Organization for modern Quilters but now let's go over the Fabrics that I used these are all from the textured solids collection and in the description box below I'll include what colors or what are the names of the colors that I use to create this quilt because there's tons of really pretty colors and these Fabrics are called textured solids obviously because they're just solid but when you get up close and you feel them it almost has like a Gauzy or linen feel to it and I'll show you a shot here a close-up shot to see if you can kind of see the Grain Lines I'll include some links in the description box below this video here on YouTube on where you can find this collection they have it in tons of different colors these are just a few of the colors that I selected from The Collection to put this quilt top together so I hope you enjoyed this informational video part one of our keys of float modern quilt design that we're working on for this series make sure that you click that subscribe button right there so you won't miss out on any of my future videos or the videos in this series of course and if you're going to be following along make sure that you hit this video with a a thumbs up leave me a comment below letting me know that you're going to be joining The Cools along with me and thanks for watching I'll see you next time bye and here is your homework for next week go out and grab all your Fabrics we're working with textured solids by Andover Fabrics these are all the names of the different colors in the collection that you'll need and the amounts they include fabric for both the backing and The Binding so you'll only need to get some batting aside from this and otherwise I'll meet you right back here next Thursday and we'll start cutting some Fabrics\n"