I finished this quilt top over 3 years ago, and it's been hanging in my closet waiting to be quilted ever since! I loved making this quilt....I had just joined the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild and this quilt was their block of the month. I had to play catch up for a few months but that wasn't difficult for me. I had just moved to Arizona and didn't know anyone so I had lots of time to sew! Lindsey Neill of Pen and Paper patterns designed this pattern and she was a member of our guild.
I loved choosing the fabric from my stash to make this quilt! As I previously said, we had just moved to Arizona from the Sacramento area. I was aghast at how many boxes it took to pack my fabric stash, so I decided to go on a fabric fast...for two years! I depleted a lot, but I've started buying again. I usually don't have background fabric but can still pull a lot of the colors from my stash for the rest of my quilts. Besides, some fabric is just too cute not to buy ❤️❤️❤️
The slate background fabric was from my stash, bonus!
I love the photos I took this time, not like last week....blech! I read about a beautiful sunflower field not too far from our house and my husband took me there for a quick photo shoot. The temp was 106 🔥and the sun was blaring into my eyes. It was still worth it :)
Here are some close ups of the quilt. I made my rotary a plain yellow, even though I've got a pair of pink and a pair of aqua. I thought there was enough color in the rest of the quilt and yellow seems to be the most common color of rotary cutters. The yellows are like sunshine and they're very happy.
I want to show you a close up of the machine quilting. Do you see the "needle pulling thread"? Then the thread is in loops, that repeat all over the quilt. I thought it was a perfect design for this quilt.
I wanted the pencil to be the traditional color. I think the pencil, rotary cutter and ruler in yellow, weight the quilt down with all the other bright colors that I used.
I especially love the floral seam ripper :)
My scissors aren't a plain metal color if you look closely.
I used traditional colors for my tomato pincushion too.
Have a great week!
