The Karat Quilt is my latest quilt in Homespun Magazine. If you're looking for a quick make, this is definitely a great option, with most of the quilt chain pieced and the blocks coming together quickly and easily.

I had bought a selection of Moda Grunge fabrics in blues and greens (as mum used to say, blue and green should never be seen...) along with a cool white. I didn't have a plan for the fabrics (as is often the case) but they came together in this quilt for a fresh, beachy type flavour.

It was designed the quilt on EQ8 with a block I found in the library, using the extention program, BlockBase. The hardest part was deciding on a block and how to lay out the fabrics... ie mix them up or go for a gradated type of look.

It was pieced and quilted on my domestic Bernina 710 using Aurifil 50wt #6722 for the piecing and the meadering free motion quilting.

Why call it Karat? Looking from the top, it almost looks like a cut diamond or precious gemstone. I'm honestly hopeless at naming quilts, so that was the best of an awful lot.

This is also the first month of the latest Sunshine & Lollipops BOM by Anni Downs. A great time to purchase. Homespun is available at all the usual places magazines are sold (eg quilt stores, newsagents and supermarkets) or can be viewed online via Zinio.