Day Four. Same magazine issue! Here are 2 more quilts to inspire you. This is Garden Walk for Windham Fabrics. I used a traditional appliqué pattern of a basket and some dancing leaves. Dancing leaves? Garden Walk: 9" blocks. 48" x 48" quilt Here is a digital photo of the quilt: Assembly Diagram as it appeared in magazine Let's see one more quilt. This is a set of 6" paper pieced Palm blocks that I set into a pillow. I used some lovely batiks in Autumn colors. Not sure where this pillow is now, but it was fun to make. Palm block pillow with flange: 24" x 24" You can find my Palm quilt pattern in my Etsy shop for 7" blocks. Paper piecing is easy using pre-cut strips. This is how my quilt appears: Paper pieced Palm quilt . 7" blocks set on point Yes, I have the last 2 quilts to share tomorrow. And I'll still be in the same magazine issue!

Next to a hexagon, I love circles the best! They have so many possibilities for quilt design. And I've combined the hexagon and circle for some new blocks using the Sashiko Collection (Windham Fabrics). I blogged about this fabric last year.  Sashiko Fabrics by Windham Here is some REAL hand stitched sashiko by yours truly. I've been working on this, off and on, for about 15 years. Hand stitching some sashiko More sashiko Now for my circles. I used a cottage cheese lid (the same size as a CD) for the circle. I interfaced it (with a used dryer sheet!) Easy interfaced circles Then I turned them right side out and centered them on a 6-1/2" high fabric hexagon. I machine zigzag stitched them using monofilament thread. Invisible. Beautiful. No handwork! Sashiko circle and hexagon block Now it's time to clip away both the interfacing and the background fabric (to reduce bulk). I made 16 blocks (and need one more). Here is my idea: It's a slight variation on my  Big Block...

Here is a clever use of a pre-printed panel of flower wreaths. They reminded me of Baltimore Album motifs. But, cutting them up gave me a way to set my Nosegay blocks which I paper pieced about 10 years ago. Here is what a Nosegay block looks like. I used some reproduction prints. The Nosegay is vintage and typically has a lot of y-seams. Not the way I do it! Two block Nosegay quilt I made several blocks and knowing I would be setting them on point, I wanted more than just a slab of fabric (though cute fabric is always successful, right?) Same blocks, same setting fabric. Six block Nosegay quilt Then I had even more and now it was time to get creative! I had 5 blocks and cut apart 3 large panel prints and used them to set my blocks on point. Fun, huh? This was donated to my local quilt guild for our charity quilt endeavors. Five block Nosegay quilt Now for the FREE pattern! This is Leslie's Album that was made using some Windham Fabrics about 15 years ago. It was published in a qu...

Just a few more butterflies to finish up this week. Then I'll move on to fish and elephants and circus animals - and more! This butterfly quilt was made using my Cookie Cutter technique. This is raw edge appliqué and is constructed in half blocks. I made this almost 20 years ago using an Ana Griffin collection. Romantic Butterflies : 38" x 40" Then I have log cabin blocks that have morphed into butterflies. I used the Curvy Log Cabin ruler by Jean Ann Wright to make these. The blocks are 6" square. Three log cabin blocks plus a plain square morph into a butterfly. I loved making this quilt and I even made 18 more blocks that are sitting here, waiting for someone to buy them! Here's a single block. Single Butterfly block: 12" x 12"  Here's the quilt I made. Sunshine Butterflies. 47" x 47" And one made in brighter colors: Sunshine Butterflies by the Quilting Divas Sewing Boutique And, if you love the blocks and don't want to piece them, ...