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New Quilt Design, Rudeneja, in Quiltmaker Magazine September/November 2015 issue

8/14/2015

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Yeah, I’m a cover girl! I have a new design in the September/November issue of Quiltmaker magazine and it’s on the cover. To celebrate, I want to give away a free copy of the issue. Leave a comment at the end of the article and you can win your free copy of this issue of Quiltmaker magazine. And if you haven’t already done so, I’d appreciate it if you could give me a “LIKE” on my Iris Quilts Facebook page. The giveaway ends September 18, 2015. Shortly after that, I’ll announce a winner.
The quilt is named RUDENEJA. It a Lithuanian word used to describe the way the weather feels as it turns to autumn. I’m not of Lithuanian descent but I love autumn. So can relate to the sensation. Looking at the finished quilt, I feel the folks at Quiltmaker gave it the perfect name.
I had the working name of Tile #4 for this design. The reason for that is because last summer and fall I had a great run of inspiration and designed a whole bunch of tiled designs. The best way for me to keep track of them was using numbers. This and all of my other ideas come from time I spend with my graphed sketch pad. It keeps me out of trouble…. most of the time.
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I’ve been inspired by the designs found on decorative tiles. The designs typically have a diagonal line of symmetry. When placed in a grid pattern the tiles create a design that looks far more intricate than it actually is. It creates an illusion of many different block units used together to create the final design. Click here to see an earlier blog I posted about tile designs.

As I have done with my other designs, I come up with a block idea and then I sketch it out in a grid pattern to see what it looks like. For this design I started with the block rotated in one direction and then tried it out with the opposite rotation. When I’m happy with the result, I go to my Electric Quilt software to play with it some more. First I try the design out in black and white. Then I start to add dark greys to subtly contrast with the black. Once I see an interesting pattern, I then add lighter grey values to the design to make the design visually pop. About half way through the process I returned the blocks to their original rotation. I realized I liked it best that way.

Once I have a layout and a coloring that I like, I’ll try it in various fabric collections that I find in my Electric Quilt software. Here are a few.
Please take time to leave a comment below for a chance to win a free copy of this issue. Also, remember to visit my Facebook page and give me a “LIKE”, if you please.

Happy Quilting, Janice

72 Comments
Janice Roy
8/14/2015 03:20:57 am

Congratulations on the cover!

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Hellion
8/14/2015 03:34:52 am

Beautiful quilt and love the name, congrats on making another magazine cover!

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Alisia Ceddia
8/14/2015 03:59:27 am

Beautiful quilt! Congrats on the cover!

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Mary McHale
8/14/2015 06:11:00 am

Congratulations on getting a cover story. The quilt is beautiful, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the design process.

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Meg G link
8/14/2015 11:53:57 am

Congratulations on your cover. I'm not a quilter but I am an artist and found the process so interesting

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Janice
8/15/2015 06:03:26 am

Thank you, ladies. I appreciate the feed back.

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anna brown link
8/19/2015 03:27:09 am

Love your quilt ty for sharing your ideas and thoughts....I already like your facebook page ,,,,happyness04431@yahoo.com

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Margaret Graham
8/19/2015 03:43:03 am

I appreciate that you shared how you plan and sketch to produce your patterns.

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janet
8/19/2015 04:18:45 am

Love the colors and the design.I lean a lot toward jewel tones

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Diane
8/19/2015 06:21:25 am

Congrats on making the cover and when you are passionate about something it inspires you to create those stunning patterns. Very well done.

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Diane Harris link
8/19/2015 07:21:31 am

Janice, Quiltmaker is so pleased to have you designing regularly for us. This quilt is a beauty and I want to congratulate you on making the cover! We're very happy to work with you. Thanks for the great blog post!

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Linda E in AZ
8/19/2015 08:28:09 am

Love your quilt, esp the colors and contrast!
thanks

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Anita link
8/19/2015 08:48:35 am

Congratulations on being a "cover girl"!

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Shelly
8/19/2015 09:04:12 am

Your quilt is beautiful. I love the colors

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Debby link
8/19/2015 09:07:36 am

It is so cool to see your process. Congrats on having your work on the cover.

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grapenutquilter
8/19/2015 09:16:12 am

Beautiful quilt! Congratulations on making the cover! Enjoyed reading this post on the design process.

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Esther G
8/19/2015 09:38:42 am

This quilt is beautiful!

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Amber Gamble
8/19/2015 09:38:48 am

I love love love this quilt!

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amy
8/19/2015 10:45:25 am

This is a lovely pattern! Congrats for being in the magazine.

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Dana Gaffney
8/19/2015 11:10:51 am

Congratulations on the cover, it looks like you deserve it the quilt is beautiful.

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Linda Webster
8/19/2015 12:11:42 pm

Congratulations! I really enjoyed your posts on Facebook. Your quilts are fabulous!

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Dolores link
8/19/2015 01:11:25 pm

Great quilt and I'm so glad to see someone using graph paper.

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Kathy E.
8/19/2015 02:02:07 pm

I love the name of your quilt too! RUDENEJA just sounds so romantic and is perfect for snuggling with a quilt on those last summer nights. It's a beauty!

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Julie in GA
8/19/2015 03:03:30 pm

Your quilt is gorgeous--love those fall colors! Congratulations on being the cover girl.

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Christine
8/19/2015 04:38:22 pm

Congratulations on the cover!

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Juanita Ritz link
8/19/2015 04:51:26 pm

I enjoyed seeing your sketches. Thanks.

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Chris
8/19/2015 05:15:09 pm

Congratulations. It's great to know someone else likes tiles and draws on graph paper. Your colors are wonderful as well as the quilt.

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Debi c.
8/19/2015 07:00:30 pm

Beautiful quilt. Very interesting how you developed the tiles. Gotta love the graph paper!

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Sue S
8/19/2015 11:03:06 pm

Thank you for the great discussion about this design. I really love the autumn colors! i will be a new follower of you now!

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Carla S
8/20/2015 12:57:33 am

This quilt is so gorgeous! I love the color combinations.

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Wilhelmina
8/20/2015 03:21:21 am

Lovely! Thanks for sharing your design process.

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Shari
8/20/2015 03:36:56 am

Lovely quilt and congratulations on your cover. Your explanation of the design process was wonderful too.

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Quilting Tangent
8/20/2015 03:37:57 am

Congratulations, love seeing quilts in different colorways. Sometimes they look like a totally different quilt.

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Jennifer
8/20/2015 04:15:04 am

Congratulations Cover Girl! Love the design and enjoyed your explanation of the design process. Love the name too!

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Jill Lombard
8/20/2015 08:20:57 am

I always love your patterns!

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Allison CB
8/20/2015 09:16:20 am

Great cover!! Wonderful quilt - Congratulations!!!

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Katy M
8/20/2015 09:20:33 am

Congratulations!!!

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Bonnie
8/20/2015 10:45:29 am

Nice quilt on the cover, I 've seen a lot of you quilt publications, very pretty quilts.

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Linda L
8/20/2015 11:23:32 am

You are truly talented!! What a beautiful quilt.

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Janie
8/20/2015 12:19:53 pm

Amazing designs. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for the giveaway.

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Mary Crowther link
8/20/2015 01:50:12 pm

I love using my EQ7 to design quilts. Congrats on the Cover. I subscribe so I don't need to WIN. Just saying hello!

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Emily C
8/20/2015 03:21:56 pm

Congratulations on being a cover girl!

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Ruth link
8/21/2015 02:27:37 am

Congratulations: a beautiful quilt design and great colors. Have you seen the 1987 book by Barbara Johannah called "Half Square Triangles: Exploring Design"? It will help anyone who is inspired by your quilt and doesn't know where to start.

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Wanda
8/21/2015 02:40:29 am

Congratulations on having your quilt of the cover of Quiltmaker. It is a beautiful quilt!

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Judy k
8/21/2015 07:37:01 am

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Susan
8/21/2015 08:49:02 am

Would love to get the pattern to make a cover girl myself!

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tac
8/21/2015 09:05:25 am

Looking forward to seeing your quilt in the magazine. Thank you for sharing part of your design process.

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Sandi Marks
8/21/2015 10:31:37 am

Congratulations on the publication.

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Patrice S
8/21/2015 01:50:17 pm

What a beautiful quilt...thanks for sharing your design process too.

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Deb
8/22/2015 03:31:37 pm

Lovely quilt and lovely cover I'd love to read it cover to cover.

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Nancy Hilderbrand
8/22/2015 11:44:33 pm

Never thought of using tiles as inspiration.

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Mary Burn
8/24/2015 01:37:37 pm

Beautiful quilt. Love your designs.

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Janet Burgett
8/28/2015 03:52:49 am

Beautiful colors and beautiful "tiles"

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Carol Scott
8/28/2015 05:19:50 am

beautiful fall colors

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Amy McBurnie
8/28/2015 05:52:02 am

Wow. What a stunning quilt! Congratulations on the cover.

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Barbara Cogswell
8/28/2015 02:17:58 pm

Absolutely beautiful quilt, not just for Autumn lovers. Congratulations on a cover. You deserve it.

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Barbara Scofield
8/30/2015 05:06:29 am

Outstanding quilt and cover! Congratulations! I love your color combination and how you incorporated the green into your autumn quilt. The unique name and beautiful pattern make this unforgettable.

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Karen Propes
8/30/2015 02:36:15 pm

Congratulations on the cover, it's an awesome quilt the colors just jump out Autumn. Love seeing how your process went. Great info. thanks.

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Nancysue
8/31/2015 03:18:14 pm

I like your mix of old school and new school in your process, with using graph paper then also the software :) Congrats on being a cover girl. I think it's going to be a popular issue too as everyone settles back into quilting once the weather chills out a bit :) Congrats again!

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Jen Barnard
9/1/2015 06:31:59 am

Congratulations on the cover, I love seeing quilts on different colour ways.

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Nancy Lynn Hilderbrand
9/1/2015 08:26:49 am

You go girl. Really great cover and lovely colors

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Debby E
9/3/2015 03:45:52 am

Congratulations Cover Girl!! Beautiful Quilt - thanks for the chance to win :)

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Beverly J Kinney
9/4/2015 08:04:31 am

Rudeneja is beautiful! What a thrill to have it on the cover of Quiltmaker magazine.

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Margo
9/7/2015 02:22:52 pm

Love the quilt and especially the colors you used! Congrats on being a Cover Girl!

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Lori Morton
9/7/2015 09:37:08 pm

What a Beautiful Quilt! Congratulations on being on the cover!! How exciting that has to be!! Soooo cool! :)

Thank you for chance to win your Give-a-way too!

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Carmen
9/15/2015 10:38:24 pm

Such a beautiful design! Congratulations

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Kathleen
9/16/2015 10:03:29 pm

STUNNING! Congrats on the cover! Love reading about your design process.

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Kathy h
9/18/2015 06:25:57 pm

Congratulations, how exciting for you.

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Janice Averill link
9/20/2015 07:49:55 pm

Congratulations to Jen Barnard! You have won a free copy of Quiltmaker magazine! Thank you everyone who participated and left a comment on my blog. I really appreciate all the feedback.

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Allison CB
10/28/2015 12:11:42 pm

Congratulations on being a cover girl!! :)

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Denise K
2/21/2020 05:59:58 am

By any freak chance is this pattern still available? It's beautiful!

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Janice Averill
2/21/2020 07:50:54 am

Thanks for contacting me. I'm glad that you like the design! I'm sorry that I do not have it available in my Etsy shop yet. Please fill out a contact form on my web page regarding this. That way I'll have your email address and I can let you know when it's available for purchase.

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