On With the Show

Here's part two of Jane's trunk show. This quilt was started last winter and is ready to go.

The large floral is a vintage piece that she picked up at the Hintonburg Fabric Sale a few years ago - isn't it gorgeous? It's a beautiful excuse to make a quilt. Again, it's predominantly nine-patch blocks, nothing complicated, but great use of colour and placement work to make it a beauty.

This scrappy blue and cream picot edge really sets it off nicely, as do the strip of pink between them and the outer border. Very romantic. I had given her a piece of blue floral for the backing but forgot to take a pic for you. It will be a lovely quilt to sleep under.

You will recognize the fabrics in this quilt from one of the bundles of fat quarters that I bought from her recently. Don't you just love that bright blue tucked in with all of those smokey pinks, browns and beiges?

The square-in-a-square border is a nice complement to all of the scrappy stars. I'm thinking that I might use my fabric bundle as the jumping off point for a similar quilt for charity. That bundle is all that is left of these fabrics so I'll have to supplement it with other prints, but that's half the fun.

And then there is this sweet Snowball quilt that just oozes romance.

All those soft colours combined with just the perfect pink floral in the border.

And who doesn't like a million Flying Geese? If memory serves me correctly, she learned how to make four geese at a time when making this quilt and was able to do it while drinking wine at the same time. What a talent!

She'll be backing it with this beige, which will let all of those beautiful soft colours shine.

There's still more to share but this post is getting long so I'll be back in a few days to finish up the show....M