[GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED} Christa Watson‘s debut fabric collection with Benartex, Modern Marks, is filled with saturated colours. These fabrics are useful for a bold punch of hues wherever needed. The abstract markings are also in strong colours, making for some great colour combinations!
For the the Modern Marks blog hop, I chose a limited palette, as is my way of doing things. I was excited to use all the values of blue. I scaled up one of my new Dancing Narwhal patterns by 150% to 24″ square to let those prints tell their story. The “solids” are from Benartex’s Color Weave collection, which read like a solid with a bit of texture.
I decided to change Dancing Narwhals #2 a little bit to animate the background — the narwhal jumps out of some icy arctic waters. This will become a baby quilt down the road… (The road that leads well into 2018, that is!)
Modern Marks screams fun – think of all the rainbows and confetti you could make with these! In fact, there are a couple of colour-bright patterns that you can download for free, Rainbow Taffy and On Your Mark. I like that the assortment of 28 prints really spans the spectrum so that you can treat them like a painter’s palette.
Along with being a fabric designer, Christa is also a fabulous teacher. She is an expert in domestic machine quilting and she wants you to be, too. I learned a ton from her Craftsy class, “A Quilter’s Path”.
{Giveaway CLOSED}
Enter for a chance to win a bundle of 8-10 Modern Marks fabrics by leaving a comment on the blog post. The giveaway is open through Monday, December 4th, at 11:59 PM Eastern. Giveaway is limited to U.S. residents (sorry, compatriots!). Because of the size of the giveaway — 11 bundles! — Benartex is limiting it to U.S. only to keep shipping costs down. I will notify the selected winner and they will have 48 hours to reply with their shipping address. Good luck!
Your quilting is amazing. I’m loving Christa’s new fabric and all the bright colors. Thanks for a great giiveaway.
Thanks, Debbie! Good luck!
Love the fabrics you picked out of the bundle.
Thanks! Can’t go wrong with blue!
WoW! Love your quilt! Amazing! One color but you worked magic with the different values.
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Thanks! One colour is my comfort zone!
The color palette you chose for your quilt is awesome, and very appropriate for the season. I love the narwhal and the way it is coming out of the icy sea!
Thanks, Anita! The icy sea was a bit of an improv challenge, and I like the way it turned out.
I am having a grand time meeting new-to-me quilting bloggers this week. The new fabric line is delicious. Your narwhal looks great in icy blues! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
Great to “meet” you, Nann!
Love your new pattern and Christa’s new fabric line. The colors are so vibrant and really pop. Thanks for sharing, grinnie1961 at gmail dot com
Great fabrics for a colorful baby quilt! Perfect for tummy time!
your narwhal is amazing! I love this fabric collection
Wow, just amazing!! Thanks for sharing and the giveaway!
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I love your narwhal! The narrow palette really make the narwhal pop!
I love the blues! Thank you for the giveaway.
I’m in love with your fabrics! Gorgeous! And the narwhal is so fun. It’s a lovely piece all around
I love the narwhal, it’s delightful!
I love the narwhal!
Your take on this fabric line is awesome. It is amazing all that can be done with it.
What stunning colors and you really brought them to their best in your design. Very nice!
I like the way you used the fabric to give movement to the background. Very creative!
Love the use of all the shades of blue! I was drawn to this because my granddaughter has a
love of narwhals and unicorns .
Nancy, check out one my tester’s underwater unicorn version of a narwhal: https://www.instagram.com/p/BbmXv0njz3v/?taken-by=3rdstoryworkshop
Your fabric choice is perfect for your quilt.
Your quilt looks great. I love blues.
So lovely! Would love to win!
thanks for the inspiration, this brings one color to a new focus.
What a fun quilt. I like how you used the different blues to such good effect.
Love this version! Thanks for a chance to win!
The blues are beautiful and very nice quilt design!
The colors that you chose are fantastic and your quilt remind me of the Bluejays that come to our yard and sit in the trees outside the family room.
Cool Quilt! Enjoy your day! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom
Beautiful quilting with beautiful fabrics.
I didn’t realize the range of blues in the collection until seeing your block. Great choice of monochromatic colors!
Those blues are so comforting! Love your Narwhal too!
Love your patterns and love how you used the blues from the new fabrics… just beautiful!
After the recent tragic deaths of 15 right whales this year (mankind is the culprit), your piece is very à propos. Beautiful blues and quilt.
I hadn’t heard of an narwhal before. Yours is wonderful.
My favorite color is blue. Your quilt is beautiful.
Beautiful blues! Gorgeous quilt!
I love Narwhals. I made a stuffed one for my youngest grandchild and our local theater produced “Narwhal, Unicorn of the Sea” last year.
Very cute idea. I love the narwhal!
I do love this fabric, would love to get my hands on some!
He/she is sooooo adorable. I have your pattern and can’t wait to try him out in some of those awesome brights on this drab and dreary day.
I really like the design that you have created for your quilt! I am glad that you have shared your spectacular artistic talent with us in making this quilt. I would love to win a bundle of these bright and such variable usage prints to use in my quilting. Thank you again.
Love this fabric and the narwhal. Very cool.
Beautiful! I am amazed at what you bloggers are doing with this fabric. SO COOL!
Love your Narwhal! And love the bright colors of the fabric.
Love the Narwhal, not sure I would ever have the patience to do it myself.
Your Narwhal is just too cute – love the color choices – bright & beautiful! Thank you for sharing, Susan
Your Narwhal quilt looks wonderful using Christa’s new fabrics!
Great use of one color.. This collection is so bright and cheery.. Great seeing just one color pulled… Thanks also for using the Nrawhal… i had never heard of and looked it up , learned something new today.
Your quilt will make some little one very happy. What a fun way to showcase using one color value. Thanks for sharing.
Love your icy arctic waters, the innovative narwhal and the Modern Marks/retro fabrics. I want to try paper piecing again, but am a little intimidated by it. It’s really great for that modern look!
Love ocean creatures – great use of the blue fabric.
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So lovely! These prints look like such fun to play with.
Beautiful!!I love the blues in this collection!!!
Beautiful quilt. Your Narwhal is quite the star and the fabric was made for this design.
i love all the blues you used in your quilt; i love all things blue
This design is crazy!
Looks so fun out of
the blues.
Carla from Utah
Love this fabric and you chose my favorite color. Very fun pattern!
Fabulous design!! thank you!
What a fun interpretation using just one color family from Christa’s collection.
Great combo of blues and pattern!
Your dancing narwhal and these blues are a knock-out! What a fun quilt.
Wow, what a unique baby quilt that will make one day. Thanks for sharing and for the awesome giveaway!!
Wow! Those blues look amazing together and really show off your narwhal! How fun that you placed him to be jumping out of the water. So creative! I do love all of these fabrics in the Modern Marks collection and would be tickled to sew with them!
Andrea
Your chosen blue(s) color palette for the Norwahl is awesome. Truly deep, very life like jumping from the Artic waters.
thank you for sharing and please share the baby quilt in 2018.
I agree with those above who said the blues and narwal are wonderful together. Thanks for the chance to win these gorgeous colored fabrics!
I’ll still comment even though I can’t win [sad face]. I love your version and that you up-sized the pattern.
Thanks, Anja!
I love your fabrics, they look so bright and cheerful. My favorite is the blues. Keep up the lovely work.
Very Neat! Thanks for sharing!
I love blue and your quilt is awesome!
Your quilt is adorable! Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway.
Love this Happy Bundle of colors! & thanks for chance to win your Give-a-way too… You did Awesome job on your Narwhal..the blues are perfect! Lucky baby that gets your Quilt! 🙂
I love your blog! I’m so glad I joined this hop. Now if you will excuse me, I’m off to read more of your articles. ( Love to your inspired log cabin mini)
Thanks, Kristal! Thanks for following along. 🙂
Gorgeous fabrics – fun quilt – thanks for sharing & thanks for the chance to win.
Beautiful quilt! The blues are so vibrant!
Love your quilt made from the Modern Marks fabric collection. Good idea limiting the color palette. The quilt is stunning!!
I love those different shades of blue in the Modern Marks, too. Doing the paper piecing really highlights the nalwhales! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love all of the colors. They are saturated & vibrant.
The quilt is wonderful I love blues and Hummers.
Congratulations, Christi! You are the winner of the Modern Marks giveaway! Please email hello@3rdstoryworkshop.com with your mailing address to claim your prize!
Love your narwhal! The blues are gorgeous!
Beautiful design and Christa’s fabrics worked wonderfully in it.
Love the baby narwhal your really know how to use those fsbrics! Christa’s colors are fabulous!
Love the limited palette you chose! When in doubt, choose blue!
Very different quilt never seen a narwhal in a quilt. 🙂
Scaling up your narwhal pattern for this baby quilt is genius!
Great choice–blues are my favorite! That baby quilt is going to be beautiful!
The awesome colors in the Norwal block will be gorgeous in a baby quilt.
How stunning are these fabrics in the blues!! Love your project!
I like the limited palette idea and the blues. I just love the blue herringbone print. Love the narwhal emerging from the waters. This will be a special quilt.
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Wow! That is so creative!
Love your narwhal! Your color choices really enhance your pattern.
What a variety of ways to use this fabric line. The blues are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
A fun quilt and the fabrics you chose for it from this collection are great. Very creative design.
Narwals are great! The unicorns of the ocean! I also love manatees.
That narwhale is awesome – love the fabrics you chose!!!
Nawhals Nashals swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion .. sorry a song my son sings! Love the fresh look
Your work is beautiful! I would love to work with this collection, the colors are fabulous!
I absolutely LOVE your Narwhal! Love those sturated fabrics, too!
saturated!!!
I really, really like your Narwhal. The use of some of these fabrics as icy water is so perfect! What a great design for a baby quilt. Thanks for sharing it, and thanks to Benartex for the giveaway fabrics.
I adore these fabrics! I love your quilts too! My granddaughter would be screaming for a narwhal quilt if she saw yours!
What beautiful fabric!
I love the blues and your quilt is amazing!
I love love LOVE the navy blue with v-marks on it. You did such a lovely job of showing off the fabrics. I confess that I had to look up the narwhal as I did not know about them.
My favorite colors used in your Narwhal quilt, blue and turquoise! Love it!
Wow! Love your narwhal. Thanks so much for sharing. I can’t wait to get some of this fabric!
Love your narwhal and the bright colors of these fabrics.
I love blues so it was cool to see those in your quilt together ( although I do think the whole line is awesome!)
I absolutely love the colors in this line of fabric.
I love the color palette that you chose… of course I love blue! It worked great with your Narwhal pattern. I just love this set of fabric so bright and cheery!
Wow, love the colors, especially the blues.
Beautiful use of blue! I especially like the lighter shades.
Fantastic! Such a great collection!
Aaaah! All those blues! Good choice. Blue is my favorite color for sure.
WOW! What beautiful colors you picked. That is a beautiful quilt.
I love these designs.I really like the navy blue print.
Blue is my favorite color and Benartex has a great selection. I do love the Narwal ( 1 & 2). Thanks for doing this.