About this episode

The episode features a discussion with John MacPhail about the design and collaboration behind the new Peter Pan quilt from Art East Quilting Co.

In this jam-packed session, we catch up with our friend, John MacPhail from Art East Quilting Co. and we’re dishing all the details on Art East’s stunning new Peter Pan quilt, 2nd Star to the Right. We talk all about the design hurdles of mixing character scales and those gorgeous dawn and blue colorways! We also hear about the incredible collaboration with Riley Blake, the secret behind those collector-quality book boxes, and why starting with the face of a block is a total game-changer for ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Leslie, Rochelle

Guest: John MacPhail

Topics covered

• quilt design
• Peter Pan
• color theory
• collaboration
• crafting techniques

Keywords

• quilt
• design hurdles
• character scales
• colorways
• collaboration
• Riley Blake
• book boxes
• crafting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Art East Quilting Co., Riley Blake

Books & works: 2nd Star to the Right, Peter Pan

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