Maze Molas

I call these "maze molas" because that is what they resemble--mazes. They are made by cutting the top layer and folding under the edges of the cut and stitching it to the lower layer. These cuts are made a few inches at a time, stitched and cut and stitched and cut. They are limited to 2, 3, 4 or even 5 colors. This is the technique that Charlotte uses on most of her mola quilts. The red, white and blue geometric mola shown to the right is an exception. It had to be cut completely before any stitching was done. Charlotte used this method on her quilt, "Sunrise, Sunset" in the MOLA EVOLVED QUILTS, QUILT GALLERY SECTION. These molas can be made into geometric or pictorial designs.

I call these "maze molas" because that is what they resemble--mazes. They are made by cutting the top layer and folding under the edges of the cut and stitching it to the lower layer. These cuts are made a few inches at a time, stitched and cut and stitched and cut. They are limited to 2, 3, 4 or even 5 colors. This is the technique that Charlotte uses on most of her mola quilts. The red, white and blue geometric mola shown to the right is an exception. It had to be cut completely before any stitching was done. Charlotte used this method on her quilt, "Sunrise, Sunset" in the MOLA EVOLVED QUILTS, QUILT GALLERY SECTION. These molas can be made into geometric or pictorial designs.
	This was made with a top layer of black over a layer of white. The black layer was cut and stitched into a network of channels which reveal the white layer beneath. The channels are about 1/4" in width and the spaces between are the same width.	This was made into a perfect geometric design with an orange layer over a layer of teal. It was cut and stitched the same way as the black and white bird.

	This geometric mola is one of a pair. First a layer of red and a layer of blue were cut simultaneously into the design. The two colors were then separated, exchanged and basted to two foundations of white so that the other mola is red where this one is blue and the blue took the place of the red as shown below. Both red and blue are interlocking top layers stitched to the white foundations.	This bird, made with three colors, began with a layer of black over a white layer over the red foundation layer. The top black layer was cut and stitched into a wider channel about 1/2" in width revealing the white layer as a wide channel. It was then cut and stitched so that a narrow outline of it reveals the red foundation beneath as a narrow channel, 1/4th" in width.