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Jennifer Morris
Day 5: Here’s another of my picnic quilts, Marmalade Parade. The original pattern is by Michelle Settle of Keller, TX. Her quilt is a 17″ miniature and was juried into the Houston International Quilt Festival and also won 3rd place at the Dallas Quilt Show.
I got Michelle’s pattern out of the Electric Quilt “Quilt Design” workbook. The EQ software has a layout feature which allows me to transform a block like the Carpenter’s Wheel into a quilt top!
The blocks used in this layout are Log Cabin, Wild Goose Log Cabin, Twisted Log Cabin, and two diamond blocks.
Then the magic begins, I can place the blocks I’ve colored where I want them. The programing in the software makes the block take on the shape of the patch in the quilt top layout! so my wild Goose block is now a diamond! Don’t you just love technology!?! I made several color renditions, but I really liked what Michelle did.
Now here’s the best part… I used pre-cut string pieces and scraps!!!!! Side Bar – When I down sized I cut up all of the fabric I had already USED in a previous quilt project (I’ve been quilting since 1993). So most of my stash is in strips from 1″ to 3″ and fat quarters. I rarely buy anything more because I love a scrappy look. Under my cutting station have a jumbo zip-lock storage bag, I throw all of my scraps there.
This entire quilt top is foundation pieced. I printed the pattern from the software to my printer at home, no going out to the office supply store!
This is the Wild Goose in the center and Twisted Log Cabin blocks pieced around them… These geese are wild and flying every where!
Here’s one of the corners with three square Log Cabin blocks and then Diamond Log Cabin blocks that forms fans around the Twisted Log cabin blocks.
The border and the finished quilt, 54″ x 54″! This was quilted by my friend and long-arm quilter, Bernerdett King of Crofton, MD.
I hope you enjoyed the post,
Jennifer