May Flowers

Have you ever had so many projects you needed to complete that you just froze and didn't do anything for awhile?  That's how I have been lately.  Instead of sewing I have been reading alot and knitting.  I do this to myself every time I take on orders or need to make gifts.  Buying "Cherry Fizz" was the motivation I needed to get moving.  I won't cut into it until I get the five (yes you read that right) quilts I have to complete in the next seven weeks.

Time to get the motor running, literally.  First one to tackle is a graduation gift for a sweet friend of my daughter's.  This is not a hard quilt and making the flowers is quite addicting.  How each flower comes out is a surprise.

The pattern is called "May Flowers" and comes from the jelly roll book shown below.  I used scraps of fabrics that I have made two other quilts with.  This quilt is really a stash buster and if you are looking to reduce your stash or scrap basket, this is the one for you!

I find that the example quilt has too much cream for me so I will be using a color for the flower blocks and a patterned fabric for the borders.  The good thing about this quilt is that I will only have to purchase batting. Yea!  I love it when that happens!

With joy,