Happy Monday, everyone!
Quiltmaker’s blog hop tour for volume 10 of the fabulous 100 Blocks issue starts today! My blog date is tomorrow where I will feature my block and have a giveaway.
For today, I want to show you what I made for this issue as a block tester. In all, I tested a dozen blocks over the course of a few months. I then had the opportunity to make a sample quilt using 3 different blocks. I called my quilt “Bali Posies” and it appears in the Block Tester’s Gallery section on page 95 in the magazine.
If you happen to be in the Golden, Colorado area between December 2014 and February 2015, all the block tester quilts are on display at Quiltmaker’s office. Wish I could go see them in person! If you do go, I’d love to see a picture.
I used 3 different blocks in the layout:
#947, Nine-Patch Posies by Kay Mackenzie
#989, French Twist by Celine Perkins
#999, Diamonds are Forever by Susan Work
The fabrics are Bali Paradise and Bali Batiks from Hoffman California Fabrics.
Here’s a look at Bali Posies:
Bali Posies Quilt Front
Bali Posies Quilt Back
I added some interest to the center block (#947) by applying some crystals to the center of each flower and along each leaf.
Here’s a close-up of the center block:
Bali Posies Center Block
I did free-motion quilting using Aurifil 50 wt. cream thread with an all-over pattern over most of the quilt. I did some echo-quilting in the posies petals, circles in the posie centers, and some other detailed stitching in the leaves and flower pot.
I was also excited to see that Sandy George, another block tester, made a quilt using my Butterfly block (#958). Her quilt is called “Butterfly Kisses” and you can see it in the Block Tester’s Gallery on page 94 in the magazine.
Come back tomorrow and see the inspiration behind my Butterfly block and for your chance to win a copy of the magazine!
Enjoy,
~Jennifer
NW Quilted Cat 