Fossil Ferns Flashback

I am in the final editing stage of my 19th quilting calendar. Yes, that is NOT a misprint! I've designed 15 block a day calendars (which sit on your desktop) and 3 wall calendars of quilts. The next one is the C&T Publishing version due out in June of 2025.

I'm working through the months with an eagle eye for any and all mistakes. This is a daunting task, for sure. I'm almost finished with the January blocks and Prairie Flower appears in the January 27 slot.

Prairie Flower made in 2008

I selected a set of Fossil Fern fat quarters (from Benartex) and began cutting the patches for this four block quilt (with the thin sashings between the blocks). I wonder if I still have this quilt!

Each of the four blocks finishes to 8". Because my new calendar doesn't use any templates (all patches are rotary cut), I had to make the green patches out of half-square triangles and squares (not that funky patch you see there).

Let me show you a quilt made by another quilter who used my pattern. She went BIG and made four sets of four blocks. Isn't this fun?!

I tend to return to Fossil Ferns often as they are more than just flat color basics. Their beauty is in their delightful blends of the same color or in mixing two colors together.

Here's just a single block of Prairie Flower. Now you can see what I refer to as "funky" templates!

I'll be sure to let you know when my new calendar is available!