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Friday, 9 February 2024

Stone Flower

Hello!!  I'm back and I've got a finished top to show you.  


I'm calling it Stone Flower because the fabric in the centre is the Stone Flower wide back by Kaffe Fassett Collective. Here's how it evolved over a short period of time back in April 2023.



Another wide back by Kaffe Fassett Collective



mixed in with Cactus Flower in blue




I took elements of the Blue Square Dance pattern from Kaffe's Quilts in the Cotswolds book and used them to expand on my fussy cut Stone Flower centre piece.  But I stopped when I got to the final border because I didn't fancy the labour intensive border shown in the book.  So it sat on the shelf for nine months.  





Then January 2024 rolled around and I decided to finish some more WIPs. So I browsed through the book and spotted the triangle border on the Flowery Jar pattern and decided to use that border instead.  I wanted to bring out the green again so I found an Alison Glass print that was just the right shade of green and I used that. 



I couldn't decide if I liked the green triangles pointing in or out, but I went with my original plan and have pointed them out.  It feels like there's more green showing when I point them out and that's what I wanted.  

Now it's finished and ready for long arm quilting.  I've already got 4 quilts in my hand quilting pile so this one is going straight to the long arm quilter.  I intend to use it as an everyday quilt.  It will replace my very thin Kaffe jelly roll quilt that I made about 10 years ago. 







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4 comments:

  1. Rochelle aka Bella Quilts10 February 2024 at 06:27

    You succeeded in bring out the green. I was especially pleased how you found a gray print for the third border that complimented the Stone Flower so well. I do like the strip quilt you are replacing. It is so colorful. It sounds like you are off to a great start this year.

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  2. Cherryl B10 February 2024 at 12:56

    Yes a perfect choice for the green triangles, your balance of the white centre and lighter prints throughout each border adds too to the use of blues and greens. You must have quite a stash of Kaffe fabrics from what I see in your pics, wonderful!

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  3. Hubblebird11 February 2024 at 10:08

    I love green and blue together. My first quilt top is back from the long armer and I notice that even 20 years ago I liked blue and green together! Some of my blocks have that gorgeous turquoise/navy mix. Now to bind it. I'm glad you are back after your blogging break!

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  4. Mystic Quilter12 February 2024 at 11:11

    Nice changes you made here and there with Stone Flower rather than sticking with the original in the KF book. I also think your everyday jelly roll quilt is great, even though it was made a number of years ago!

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