I am a member of Winchester Modern Quilters and our group was given an opportunity to exhibit our quilts at the 2025 Road2VA Quilt Show in June (see photos below). Our group chose to show a previous quilt challenge that was done in 2021. New members (me!) were given the opportunity to submit one as well. I had 3 weeks to complete the task!

The guidelines to the MOD/POP challenge were to create a two color quilt with gray and one other color of the quilter’s choice - the POP color. The gray had to be the background and the POP color had to be in the shape of a triangle. I went through several designs and finally settled on an old favorite, the Log Cabin. I used the triangle Log Cabin element from Irene Roderick’s “Dancing With The Wall” and built it out from there.

I used a variation of log sizes to add interest.

I pieced in the gray background and traced out the final size with chalk.

I used my domestic machine with a walking foot to do a point to point quilting technique for the center triangle.

The finished center triangle!

I used my domestic machine with a walking foot to quilt straight lines for the remaining triangles.

I used a string and a marking pen to draw out the circle quilting pattern at measured distances. I ended up adding another set of circles for denser quilting.

I finished the quilt with a clean faced mitered edging.

The edging is on and held in place until it can be stitched down by hand on the back.

The edge is complete along with a custom label.

Close up of the quilted back.

Quilted back with a label and hanging sleeve.

Portal

April 2025

30” x 40”

I was so proud that Portal was included in my quilting group’s special exhibit, Mod-Pop, at the inaugural Road2VA Quilt Conference in Richmond, VA, June 2025.

Close up!

Other quilts in our Mod-Pop exhibit

Other quilts in our Mod-Pop exhibit

A view from above - so many vendors!

A view of Portal from above. There were so many beautiful quilts displayed at this show.