Today I've got another old, recently finished, UFO to herald in first day of summer.
I think it was around 2010 when I found a bin of fruit and vegetable fat quarters at a quilt shop in Buda, Texas and I bought 20 of them.
I hadn't been making quilts very long and I didn't know what to make with them so they sat for a long time and when I saw the Chandelier quilt pattern, I thought they would be a good fit. So in 2018, I finally started making blocks. I used this crackle print as a background for a rustic feel, but then I ran out of it and I just let the unfinished top sit in the back of the closet.
I finally decided to just pull something close from my stash to finish it off
Then it sat again because I couldn't decide on a backing and I was determined to use something from my stash. I have always loved this print, but I didn't have enough so I used what I had for a strip down the middle and added a green gingham to each end.
Sandy quilted it with a design called Dusty Miller
And I bound it with a green from my stash
It's just a small lap size at 61" x 61"
We've been so busy with other projects that I didn't get a garden in this year so a quilted garden is all I have to harvest.
8 comments:
Very pretty quilt, a great use of the vegetable fabrics. If you have a garden at your home, will you have a traditional garden in the soil or will you have raised beds? Whatever you have, it will have to be fenced in anyway. The chicken litter will make wonderful compost.
What a great quilt!
Lovely quilt. I have fruit and veggie FQ also and planned to do a Jar quilt...but I like your choice so much better. Obviously, I will have to think further out the box. Thanks so much for posting.
I made a quilt using quite a few of those same fabrics a few years ago: https://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/food-scraps/
So much fun!
What a lovely little quilt. Glad you were able to finish it. No doubt, the grand kids will have a good cuddle this winter.
T quilt is so cute
Skipping a garden year will make the produce that much sweeter next year. Maybe almost as sweet as the produce in that quilt!
Ceci
I love Cultural Art ...what a beautiful piece, wonderful caring hands with a fabulous gift too the Grandchildren
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