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Watermelon Quilt from my book Bold, Black and Beautiful (AQS 2004) |
One of the blogs I follow is
Sew in Love with Fabric by
Benartex Fabrics. They are featuring their new watermelon fabrics -
Mad for Melon - by Kanvas and there are so many yummy pictures there that you just HAVE to go take a visit. One of them is this absolutely marvelous quilt by
Ahh Quilting
Seeing all those watermelon quilts and yummy watermelon food items, I recalled that I have made not one, not two, but three watermelon inspired quilts in my quilting career. The one on the top was made by a friend, Diane Leighton of Yuba City, California. It was a redo of my first quilt that I made with a white background:
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First watermelon quilt. 6" Blocks, 37" x 37" quilt |
Now, you have to dash right over to
Benartex's Facebook page because they are featuring the new watermelon collection and have so many cool ideas that are watermelon inspired.
Grilled Watermelon with Blue Cheese and Proscuitto
One last quilt I made so many years ago that I've lost count. I gave it to an Atlanta friend and neighbor (Peggy) and she still tells me how much she treasures it. I used my quick and easy Drunkard's Path technique which I call Two Easy Pieces.
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Watermelon Baskets |
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Single Watermelon Basket with some watermelon candy from Spain |
If you haven't taken a look at the relatively new
Benartex blog, go take a see. Especially yummy post with several recipes AND several awesome quilts. The
Mad for Melon collection is so cool.
And, one more thing! I dug around in my Fossil Fern box to see if I had any fat quarters of these watermelon colors. Let's see how close I come to the colors in the Mad for Melon group . . .
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Just a few of the Mad for Melon fabrics |
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Watermelon colored Fossil Ferns |
Thanks for visiting! Hope you had a yummy time.
Hi Debby, I love the quilt on the truck....I actually love all of them....and this watermelon fabric...love that too...ohhh you are soooo good
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