Style Roundup: Modern Cross

(Welcome to Heather from Portland. She is one of the bloggers trying out for a place on the Apartment Therapy editorial team, covering different cities in the NW. Comments welcome!)

As graphic motifs go, the modern cross is great when used as a bold punch of color in the right place. In traditional red and white, it recalls the Red Cross logo or the Swiss flag; when the cross is extended to the borders of the object it adorns, it can read Scandinavian. In off-red or mixed with a shot of cool green, the mod cross...

...takes on a fresh feel. The mod cross is especially great when rendered in fabric, as it softens the strong motif.

Shown above, left to right:

1. Twin Pillows from Joan's All-In-One
2. Me Plus You Modern Quilt pattern by Kelly McCaleb, Etsy, $10.
3. Red Cross pillow in Liz Dougherty Pierce's NY loft from Country Home via Marley & Lockyer.
4. Hot Pink Cross Quilt by BettyNinja.
5. Pieced Pink Cross Pillow by Smile and Wave.

-Heather

Comments (15)

Agreed, I love the simple cross. I prefer when it is not white and red, though, because that's almost too much of a literal logo.

posted by 1GH on September 28th 2009 at 8:10am
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I love the quilt in the second photo!

posted by michpc on September 28th 2009 at 9:19am
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Great motif! I love photo #4, the Hot Pink Cross Quilt. Wonderful to see Heather here!

posted by Christy Petterson on September 28th 2009 at 10:06am
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Great motif...I love photo #4, the Hot Pink Cross Quilt. Wonderful to see Heather here!

posted by Christy Petterson on September 28th 2009 at 10:08am
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i adore those twin pillows - this would be an easy project to spin up at home - and it looks awesome in that raspberry colour with grey as the accent colour.

Also happy to see Heather here!

posted by telly on September 28th 2009 at 11:07am
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Great looking place and insightful description!

posted by Cocomo on September 28th 2009 at 11:22am
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Fun! I totally want to try making a quilt now! Keep Heather please! lol

posted by dunklekatze on September 28th 2009 at 1:15pm
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the first pic reminds me of the american dorm in the movie "empire of the sun" with john malkovich and christian bale, who was just a young tyke. its kind of MASH meets Martha Stewart, pretty cool. nice job heather!

posted by Kpaige13 on September 28th 2009 at 1:26pm
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It's a bold and eye-catching motif. Great pictures! I love the way Heather writes up a project.

posted by Kathy V. on September 28th 2009 at 2:05pm
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huh, I hadn't considered a red cross style accent around the house. Definitely like how eye catching and bold it is. Nice work Heather!

posted by aprilini on September 28th 2009 at 3:17pm
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I love the twin pillows adorned with the English flag!

posted by genkiliz on September 28th 2009 at 7:22pm
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I love this.

posted by imake1tgirl on September 28th 2009 at 9:21pm
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simple and gorgeous round-up! I love that modern quilt pattern, so inspiring.

posted by west coast crafty on September 28th 2009 at 11:10pm
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I love this look! It's casual, but put-together at the same time.

posted by SarahMoon on September 28th 2009 at 11:21pm
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I'm loving that pillow in the last photo. The hot pink really takes it from Red Cross to super chic! Great post!

posted by thewifeofanartist on September 29th 2009 at 3:23pm
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