(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.
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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.
I love the quilt in the second photo!
Great motif! I love photo #4, the Hot Pink Cross Quilt. Wonderful to see Heather here!
Great motif...I love photo #4, the Hot Pink Cross Quilt. Wonderful to see Heather here!
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!
Great looking place and insightful description!
Fun! I totally want to try making a quilt now! Keep Heather please! lol
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!
It's a bold and eye-catching motif. Great pictures! I love the way Heather writes up a project.
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!
I love the twin pillows adorned with the English flag!
I love this.
simple and gorgeous round-up! I love that modern quilt pattern, so inspiring.
I love this look! It's casual, but put-together at the same time.
I'm loving that pillow in the last photo. The hot pink really takes it from Red Cross to super chic! Great post!