Mid Century Modern Quilts

Due to my new fancy new-fangled scheduling system, this post went out a tad (ok, without me writing it) early! Oooops!

For those of you who don’t know, I love needlework, quilting and mid-century, so of course, this fabulous project/blog caught my eye:

The Mid-Mod Quilt Bee!

The description on the site is “Quilters using mid-century modernism as a touchstone as they create quilts together.”  Blocks are assigned monthly and I have to say they’re gorgeous!

Here are just a few of the fabulous blocks:

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