Sherbet Shadow (No. 18)

A bright, modern, half square triangle quilt.

I liked the first one I made so much, I made another! I knew right away once the first one was completed that I wanted to make another in a larger size. This quilt uses the same colors (see below) and finishes at 20″ x 20″. I purposefully chose a dark backing fabric to highlight the dense matchstick quilting.

A detail photo of quilting and matching point of half square triangles.
A dark grey quilt back with facing highlighting the very fine quilting lines.

Why the name change for the same exact quilt? The first version was created for the Curated Quilts Subtraction mini quilt challenge. You can see that I “subtracted” the color from one half of the larger half-square triangle design, hence the name Color Minus Color. This recreation was for a QuiltCon submission, and I liked this name better!

The Details

  • Finished Size: 20″ x 20″
  • Fabric Front: Kona Peony, Breeze, Orangeade, Sunny, Silver, Graphite, Shadow & Charcoal
  • Fabric Back: Kona Shadow
  • Binding: Faced with Kona Shadow
  • Batting: Hobbs 80/20 Bleached
  • Thread: Aurifil Dove (2600)
  • Shows: QuiltCon Together, 2021
  • Publications: None
  • Awards: None