My Berry Marmalade Flowering Snowball Quilt is finished and I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. I have lots of photos to share with you today so please bear with me - I feel the need to show them all! It was difficult to get a set of photos that accurately represented the quilt and the design, especially the contrast of the linen look circles and the white circles, but I think that these photos do the quilt justice.
The quilt is quilted with edge to edge straight lines creating a foundation of intersecting lines (by ditch stitching the seam lines of the blocks) then adding more lines of stitching in between. The lines are closely spaced - 1/2" apart - to create a texture that is lovely to touch and at the same time gives the quilt a soft drape.
For the back of the quilt I have used a single fabric from the Trinket collection by Melody Miller for Cotton + Steel: Happy Garden in Orange. This is a happy fabric indeed! I have had a small amount of yardage - suitable for a quilt back - in my stash for a while and this was the perfect quilt for it.
For the binding I have used a simple red/white stripe fabric from the Ella Basics collection for Ella Blue Fabrics.
QUILT STATS
Berry Marmalade - A Flowering Snowball Quilt
The finished quilt measures 48 inches x 48 inches.
A total of 64 Flowering Snowball Blocks.
(8 rows of 8 blocks).
Each finished block measures 6 inches x 6 inches.
576 patchwork pieces.
That tiny black center square measures 1/2" x 1/2".
Background Fabrics:
Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in White
Templates:
Batting:
This quilt was sold prior to listing in my Etsy Store and prior to publishing this blog post.
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I have loved working on this quilt and I am super pleased with the end result, especially the warm color palette. I dare say once again that this is not my last Flowering Snowball Quilt, although for the time being I am happy to step back from this block with its short and tight curves.
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
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Berry Marmalade Quilt - Work in Progress
Sunday Stash: Robert Kaufman Essex Yarn Dyed Homespun
6" Acrylic Flowering Snowball Templates by Sunset Seams (Etsy)
6" Acrylic Flowering Snowball Templates by Sunset Seams (Etsy)
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