Do you ever ooh and aah over the quilt patterns that get released for specific fabric collections? Sometimes they do inspire me, but I rarely ever make them. When I received the Garden Club Collection from Blank Quilting by Missie Carpenter, I immediately went to see what Quilt Pattern had been designed for the collection.
There were so many fabrics in the collection, but the real star of the show was the medallion floral panel. The medallion was 36 inches square and it was just stunning. I knew I had to use it in the best way possible.
I was thrilled to see that there was a Quilt Pattern - Garden Club Quilt #1 that was designed to use the medallion panel and the 4 corner panels. I unfortunately did not have enough of the fabrics required by the pattern to make the full top, so I only made the top without the three additional outside borders.
I unfortunately did not have enough of the fabrics required by the pattern to make the full top, so I only made the top without the three additional outside borders. Also - don't call the Quilt Police on me. I know that I lost my points on the stars.
I had big plans for this quilt. I was going to do a piano key border using all the fabrics from the collection in a rainbow that went across each side. I was going to try my hand at free motion quiltingon my longarm and do some fancy stitch work on the medallion.
However, work got into the way. I had so little time. I usually can find at least an hour if not 30 minutes to spend in my sewing room each night, but lately I have been lucky if I can even log off of my computer before dinner is ready to eat.
Things were not lining up as they should and I needed them to so that the border of blocks would turn out as intended. In the process that meant that I had to trim a little off some of my blocks to get them to the appropriate size and that meant I lost some points.
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