Pattern of the Month
The October Pattern of the Month is Floating Squares, a modern geometric quilt that plays with the illusion of transparency. Careful color placement makes grey squares appear to interlace with and float across the green squares beneath, creating a layered design from surprisingly simple pieces.
Despite the effect, Floating Squares is a beginner-friendly quilt made entirely with strip piecing. There are no diagonal seams, bias edges, or tricky angles. The construction was designed around efficient strip sets, and carefully planned pressing directions mean the seams nest neatly throughout the quilt.
Color and value do most of the visual work. The sample uses soft green and grey solids, with darker shades where the shapes overlap to create the transparency effect. Change those relationships and the same pattern can take on a completely different character.
Floating Squares is 25% off throughout October. Visit the pattern page for sizes, fabric requirements, and color variations, or read the latest 100 Quilt Project post for the story behind the design, including the decidedly unsuccessful first attempt and the small construction change that finally made all those seams behave.