Thursday, June 23, 2016

Flora and Fauna Quilt

This week I finished another project from my 2nd quarter Finish-A-Long list!  The quilt has been a work in progress for a long time.  Two years ago at the LIQS quilt show, one of the vendors was Tara from Amelia's Garden in Delmar, NY.  Despite living in a crowded suburban area, there are no local places to purchase modern fabric, so I was super excited to see the great selection Tara had at her booth at the show.



Later on, I joined a monthly fabric club where we received four half yards of fabric and a matching spool of thread in one color.  This was a great way to build up stash. Tara always picked amazing fabrics, I was never disappointed.  I decided to make the same block each month with the fabrics, and I choose a pattern from Amy Smart at Diary of a Quilter.  The pattern is from the May/June 2013 McCall's Quilting magazine and is called Boho Girl.  I love this version with the Safari Moon fabric line.

For my quilt I used a few other fabrics from my stash as well as the ones Tara sent.  I also used a different layout than the original quilt pattern, and I went with a color order arrangement of sorts.  I used an aqua polka dot for the binding which had a similar color that was in many of the blocks.  The back is a lovely print from Anna Maria Horner.  The beautiful swirl machine quilting is by AB Quilting Studio.



I'm calling this quilt Flora and Fauna because of the wonderful floral prints and the little creatures found in some of the blocks.  There are so many great fabric designers in this quilt: Amy Butler, Joel Dewberry, Tula Pink, Rae Hoekstra, Bonnie Christine, Violet Craft, Anna Maria Horner, Leah Duncan, Heather Bailey, and more!




It was so much fun to see this quilt change and progress over time.  It was a challenge not knowing what each block would look like, not knowing what each months fabric would be.  I love how it turned out in the end.  Have you had a similar experience, maybe with a BOM or mystery quilt?




13 comments:

  1. Your quilt is gorgeous ! The block and layout showcase these beautiful prints.

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  2. The fabrics are gorgeous and the white sashing frames them perfectly! Wonderful how they all work together without planning ahead.

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  3. Wow. You received such beautiful fabrics each month. Love the way this turned out!

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  4. Pretty! Love the color fade. And great quilting design!

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  5. Wow! This is a gorgeous quilt. It's a brilliant design for the fabrics. Those white frames make the pretty colors pop. I can't gush enough!

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  6. Oh my goodness! Wonderful fabrics! Please tell me how to get in on that fabric club!! Is it a local thing or something that can be mailed?

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  7. I really love this quilt pattern, it's fantastic for showing off big prints. Must go looking for it! I like the colour order you went with too ... and love the Tula fabrics. I actually met her last weekend (squee!) when she was in Australia!!!

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  8. Very very pretty! I love the design and the way it shows up the different fabrics, very cool.

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  9. OH WOW! What a wonderful finish. I love how the deign shows off each and every one of those amazing prints. Congratulations on a wonderful finish! On behalf of the 2016 FAL hosts, thanks for playing along.

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  10. Lovely concept and colours. The quilting really works with the design.

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  11. Such beautiful fabrics, really like what you've done.

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  12. A nice one to showcase fabulous prints =)

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  13. Beautiful! I love the way you changed up the pattern to showcase the colors in the fabrics! I need to put this one on my bucket list. :)

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