Modern One Block Quilts

Natalia Whiting Bonner has enjoyed piecing quilt tops for more than twenty years. She learned how to quilt on her conventional home machine. She felt good about it, but decided that if she really wanted to take her quilting to the next level, she needed to invest in a longarm machine. In 2007, when she was pregnant with her daughter, she got the crazy idea to quit her job as a dental assistant and become a longarm quilter. Without really knowing what a longarm machine was, she spent a day at a longarm dealer’s shop and walked out after purchasing a Gammill machine. Natalia’s passion for quilting and being creative has grown each day since.Shortly after her purchase, Natalia began blogging at piecenquilt.blogspot.com, and blogging became her connection with other quilters and fellow work-at-home moms. By 2009, her quilting business had grown, and it was time to leave the tiny, poorly lit bedroom where she had been doing all her quilting. Natalia moved into a studio at her parents’ home, and with the inspiration of her mother, Kathleen Whiting, she has realized that the sky is the limit.Whether it’s working on an intense show quilt or a simple baby quilt, Natalia has become a real quilting addict. She has won numerous awards for her work and has been featured on Moda Bake Shop, in Quiltmaker Magazine and American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine, and in books such as Fresh Fabric Treats: 16 Yummy Projects to Sew from Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes & More with Your Favorite Moda Bakeshop Designers and Modern Blocks: 99 Quilt Blocks from Your Favorite Designers (both from Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing).Kathleen Jasperson Whiting has been sewing for as long as she can remember. Her mother and grandmother always had a quilting project going on, so naturally quilting became part of her life. Kathleen is from Boise, Idaho, and has lived the past 35 years in a small town in the Utah mountains where she raised 5 children and now is grandma to 5 granddaughters and a grandson. Sewing, quilting, designing, and decorating are her passions.In 2010 Kathleen was named the first McCall’s Quilting Quilt Design Star. She has won numerous awards for her quilts, and her designs have been published in several magazines—American Patchwork & Quilting, Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, Quiltmaker, and McCall’s Quilting.

With instructions for 22 quilts in three sizes - baby, wall, and queen-size bed - the mother-daughter design team of Kathleen Whiting and Natalia Bonner encourages quilters to experiment with fabrics, shapes, and lines in one-block quilt designs. Quilts & More, Spring 2014 All you need is one simple block pattern to make 22 exciting projects. The manipulation of this one pattern is easy and beginner-friendly because of fast easy piecing. Interesting fabrics, unusual shapes and expressive lines make the difference. Clear step-by-step instructions and an overview will help you create throws, wall hangings and queen-sized quilts from start to finish. Quilter's Digest, February 2014 Natalia Bonner and Kathleen Whiting show you how to transform one-block patterns into stunning quilts with Modern One-Block Quilts: 22 Fresh Patchwork Projects from Stash Books. Each of the 22 patterns in the book is beginner-friendly and can be made in 3 sizes. These beautiful quilts will inspire any quilter! Quilts from Quiltmakers 100 Blocks, Fall 2014