About

 

Welcome! 

I’m Monika, the designer and teacher behind Penny Spool Quilts.

If you love bright designs and modern quilts, you’ve come to the right place! You’ll find modern quilt inspiration, tutorials, and fuss-free quilt patterns to build your quilting confidence, one (paper) piece at a time.

My quilting journey started a bit over 20 years ago, when I was at Uni in Switzerland, with traditional patterns done the traditional way. And while I call myself a modern quilter now, I still like using traditional blocks and designs and tweaking them to suit my taste for modern fabrics, colours, and bold shapes.

PSQ patterns are fun, bright, and often fairly quick quilts, with a nod to tradition but most definitely modern. 

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Happy Quilting!

Cheers,
Monika

PS: Curious about where "Penny Spool" came from? It's paraphrased from the first line of the children's song "Pop! goes the weasel"

“A penny for a spool of thread,
a penny for a needle,
that’s the way the money goes,
pop! goes the weasel.”