Yum, yum - watermelon! This is a repost from 2013 and the topic is still relevant. This post was for Benartex to feature some of their fabrics. The Fossil Ferns at the bottom of the page are still available.
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| Watermelon Quilt from my book Bold, Black and Beautiful (AQS 2004) |
Look at this absolutely marvelous quilt by
Ahh Quilting. Don't you just love that truck!?
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 |
Grilled Watermelon with Blue Cheese and Proscuitto in food! Looks like watermelon to me.
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 |
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 |
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