City Blocks—10 New Quilt Patterns

If you like bold appliques or fast-paced piecing—or both—you’ll adore capturing the big-city style of these 10 contemporary quilts in City Blocks from Nancy Rink! Playa del Sol and Costa del Sol rely on quick piecing and simple blocks, while Bryant Park, City Leaves, and Cosmo Girl feature simple applique and strong graphics. Papillons, Akimbo, Tenderness, Flower Power, and Espresso round out this collection of striking designs. Techniques include applique and patchwork, along with machine quilting. Each design is shown in a lifestyle photograph and an assembly diagram, accompanied by a complete materials list and step-by-step instructions. Wherever you live, there’s a metropolitan pattern in this collection that’s perfect for your home’s decor.

Take a peek at these gorgeous quilt patterns:

Akimbo

Bryant Park--Blue

Bryant Park--Pink

Cosmo Girl

Espresso

Flower Power

La Costa del Sol

Papillons

Playa del Sol

Tenderness

City Leaves

Meet the Designer: Nancy Rink
Quilter, pattern designer, and dye artist Nancy Rink’s quilts have won awards at the International Quilt Festival, Kaufman Quilt Quest, and other national shows. Her designs have also been featured in magazines such as Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine and Quiltmaker. Nancy blogs at NancyRinkDesigns.blogspot.com and sells a wide variety of quilting supplies, as well as her beautiful patterns, at NancyRinkDesigns.com.

Now that’s you’ve seen the projects in City Blocks, which one’s your favorite? I’m loving the front cover design—City Leaves, but Akimbo’s pretty cool, too, but I’m really liking the blue Bryant Park wall hanging…Well…I guess I just am really enamored with all of them. Get your own copy of City Blocks now, and you can be enamored, too!