Thursday, April 14, 2011

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,

10 comments:

  1. So pretty! How did you cut those fun flowers?

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  2. Your daughter's friend will love it. Good for you...using something up you had. That is almost as good a feeling as buying a new collection...not quite. Ha!

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  3. Beautiful quilt and what a neat idea for the flowers!

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  4. I love this design. A really nice quilt. The flowers are so pretty.
    I think I have ordered this book but havent gotten it yet.
    Thanks for sharing
    Carolyn

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  5. Wow, that's a hefty project list of things to-do. I recently put myself in new project time-out while I finished some UFOs. Got them done now I'm free to start some more! Good luck in getting everything finished.

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  6. This is just awesome and looks so fun!

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  7. What a pretty quilt that is going to be.

    Danielle

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  8. Can I put in an order for one of those May Flower quilts please and thank you??? ;)

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  9. Oh, Renee, this quilt is beautiful. I love your alterations for more color!

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