Goody

by Birgitta Jadenfelt

  • Finished Size: 12" x 12"
  • Skill Level: Confident Beginner
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We challenged six MQG members to design a quilt block using the following parameters:

  • Base the design on a basic shape (e.g. square, triangle, circle, hexagon, and others)
  • Have it measure 12 ½” x 12 ½” unfinished
  • Use a specific color palette

Goody, designed by Birgitta Jadenfelt, reimagines the circle shape. 

“The inspiration for this block is the quarter circle block, or Drunkard’s Path block. This was my first love when thinking of quilt blocks. In my early pattern writing days, I wrote a pattern depicting a traditional Scandinavian candle holder, which needed a shape that looked like a prolonged or oval quarter circle with a sharp end instead of a softer one. I fell in love with this uniquely curved shape and have endearingly named it ‘my curve,’ using it in numerous patterns and designs since creating it. I continued playing with ‘my curve’ for some time and eventually added another element to the block, making it even more versatile depending on how you twist and turn it. One of those layouts is the basis of this block, and I named it Goody since it reminds me of the candy wrapped in paper.”

Birgitta Jadenfelt

About the Contributor

Birgitta works as a psychologist four days a week and tries to dedicate at least one other day each week to her small business. She designs and makes quilt patterns for magazines in addition to selling digital patterns on her website. Birgitta learned the basics of quilt making from her mother. She was given her mother’s tools when her mother passed away in 2005, but it was not until 2018 that Birgitta became obsessed with quilting. In 2020, she wrote her first pattern for a magazine. Since then, her patterns have been featured in the Scandinavian quilt guild magazine Quiltemagasinet, as well as Simply Moderne, Make Modern Magazine, and the Oakshott fabric company. Her work is most often naïve, abstract, and sometimes whimsical. Most of her work falls under the category of modern quilts, and although some of them are difficult to categorize, Birgitta enjoys the aesthetics and spirit of the modern quilt movement.