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Watermelon for August!

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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. 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!? Watermelon Wedge 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: First watermelon quilt. 6" Blocks, 37" x 37" quilt Grilled Watermelon with Blue Cheese and Proscuitto in food! Looks like watermelon to me. Photo credit: Jennifer Davick, on  southernliving.com One last quilt I made so many years ago that I've...