"A Spring Affair"
In the latest edition of Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol 21 No 10 you can check out one of my designs "A Spring Affair". This is a single bed sized two block quilt with a pieced border in a very soft toned pallet in pinks, blues, greens and of course my favourite yellow.
For some time this project was just a pile of pink, blue, green and yellow blocks and I couldn't decide what to do with them. The next time I worked on them I decided to add an alternate block using a lovely floral print on a white background set in a square in a square setting. When the quilt was commissioned I still hadn't decided on a border so it was finally decision time. I always work well with a deadline and decided to add a pieced border and then an outer border with the floral print that was in the first lot of blocks.
I quilted "A Spring Affair" on my Bernina Aurora 440 with the aid of a floral stencil for the alternate blocks and my collection of circle templates for the star blocks and pieced border.
It was a hard quilt to photograph with the soft colours and the photo taken outside makes the quilt look very different to the ones in the magazine which I snapped inside when I finally got my hands on a copy of the magazine late today.
Till next time
Frances
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I know, sometimes it is difficult to take a picture outside, specially on a bright day, the colours never look true.
Blessings
We are travelling at the moment but dont think we will make it as far as you,Sunny days here and cold nights.