Saturday, December 7, 2024

Quilt News! Story of Three Quilt Designs Inspired by Audrey's Bramble Blooms Challenge 1 and 2 @ Quiltyfolk.com...Happy December, Tis the Season to Be Merry!....

My first, Three Cone Flowers w Borders Quilt finished @ 24" square, inspired by BB1 Challenge.

My second, Chairs w' Sunflowers Quilt Top, 30" x 40" inspired by BB2 Challenge.

And third, my Four Tiles Medallion w Borders Quilt Top, 44" square, design inspired by BB2 Challenge.

 
Hello Quilt Friends from the valley where we have cold temperatures, rain and clouds today. 
Christmas lights are shining in the neighborhood and Christmas tree lots are doing fast business.

I have two quilt tops and one small finished quilt, all 3 designs inspired by Audrey's Bramble Bloom Challenge @ quiltyfolk.com . Three Cone Flowers with Borders, 24" square, inspired by BB1, is finished. My second quilt top design, Chairs w' Sunflowers was 'indirectly' inspired. I was going to use a sunflower batik for a backing to one of the tops I was piecing together for the BB Challenge and so I added some left over scrappy pieces to my sunflower batik fabric and then decided to add the 'Chairs' blocks I had been experimenting with to the batik backing and I liked it and decided it would make a great top, not just a backing. I do get side tracked often!
Then my third BB2 inspired quilt top, Four Tiles Medallion w' Borders, was directly inspired by Audrey's BB2 Challenge , to start with 'Old Italian' quilt blocks 'in the center'. And my Old Italian blocks are floating on a sea of Cherry Blossoms bordered by aqua batik and Kona Cotton Solid 'Pool'. Dreaming of spring I guess.
That is the quilt news from my sewing room where progress is being made. How are your projects coming together? Do you get sidetracked like I do?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
 
 

Christmas trees for sale,, tis the season!