Started in a mystery quilt workshop, run by a member of my local quilt group, we were instructed to "not purchase fabric". The requirement was to only use what is in your stash and to make it scrappy. Well, I had no bits of scraps of any sort at that stage, having recently used them up, but, I did have big pieces and a few of them.
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| Backing onto front. |
The lady running the workshop was concerned that with just 3 fabrics and not much variety that it might not work. I think, had the purple floral been a tone-on-tone, it might not have. There is so much variety in the print of the purple fabric, that it carries the pattern well.
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| Centre of quilt detail |
We were instructed to pre-cut our fabrics before the workshop so that we could sew like the wind when there. Each little zip-loc baggie had to be labelled so that we didn't get mixed up when the instructions were given out during the day.
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| Border detail |
Finished off with a french braid border, to which I added a 9-patch blocks to the corners.
I quilted Purple Floral on my domestic machine with clamshells over the centre of the quilt in a dusky purple 50wt thread, echo straight line quilting in the first border with brick red thread and then beads in the squares of the french braid with matching thread.
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| Back of quilt showing detail of the quilting. |
I had great joy in completing this quilt this past week because I was able to complete it for my best friend from primary school for her 50th birthday.
I love the serendipity of how project completion often has someone who will be perfect for the item just appear.
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| Completed quilt. |
A really terrific pattern with dramatic effect. Rectangles and squares, all flipped and turned to provide movement in the quilt top.
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| Wrapped and ready for gifting. |
Finishing at 161cm x 188cm (63in x 74in), Purple Floral was a rotary cutting and machine piecing dream to make. Each piece just fitted together. Lots of joy in both making and giving.
