If memory serves me correctly, I have pics of seven flimsies that were prepped for last year's Quilts for Survivors shipment that have yet to make it to blogland, so let's have a parade, shall we?
The first two were from Jan, one of the quilters at the church, and are finished quilts and not flimsies. This gal is prolific and seems to have a genuine knack for finding patterns that she can assemble really quickly.
These large flowers look like poppies to me, and I love the fabrics that she used to make them.
The block is not overly complicated, and consists of four blocks made with several stitch and flip corners, one for the centre of the flower, a larger one for the outer corner, and then two smaller white corners for the edge of the petal.
She has an interesting way of machine quilting them, using a fine zig zag stitch. (Did I mention that I love that fabric?!)
I think that I'd make a right mess of it if I tried this, but she seems to have the technique down pat and keeps churching one out after another.
The second quilt is a stylized nine patch - four to a block - and from looking at it, I think you just randomly select where you are going to make your cuts. If memory serves me correctly, this one had a hanging sleeve on it, so maybe it was one that had been hung for a show...?
It's got great impact, and when all of the blocks come together it is really lovely. The combination of greens and black is so striking, and you know how I love scrappy.
Looking at the shamrock panto that she used to quilt it, I'm thinking that I should have saved it to show you on St. Patrick's Day 😉....M
