“Botanical Beauty” BOMquilts.com 2016 BOM Block #3 Revealed
Do you ever design a quilt that’s out of the norm of your usual quilt designs – and then find just the right fabric to make it with? And then, after sewing everything together, you realize you actually fell in love with said design because the blocks are undeniably beautiful and the finished quilt takes your breath away?
Yeah. That’s been my experience with “Botanical Beauty,” a 2016 block of the month quilt I designed for BOMquilts.com.
I am not anything near a modern quilter…or a modern quilt designer. But this “Botanical Beauty” has just about made me a convert to the usage of reducing the visual noise of quilt fabric with white. I didn’t parlay the true spirit of modern quilts as their basis runs more toward using a muted color in the white spaces and the color where the white would normally go.
Without further ado…here is “Botanical Beauty” from BOMquilts.com:
And these are the three blocks whose instrucitons have been revealed to-date:
“American Quilter” May 2016 Issue
I haven’t said this enough but I am truly honored to have my articles for some lesser-known charities in each American Quilter issue in 2016. Overjoyed. Blessed. Humbled. And not just my voice heard but the voices of all of those who represent the work that they do for others.
In the May 2016 issue of American Quilter, I am the voice for our four legged critters. Cats. Dogs. Pets. They deserve love as they love us so unconditionally. My reward? A ton of wet slobbery moochies from our two family canines. They deserve belly scratchies, for sure!
Quilted Kitchen: Yankee Star Quilt Block & Yankee’s Crisp-Chewy Waffle Iron Brownies
Yankee Star Quilt Block
Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (precise 1/4″ seam allowance):
- White: Cut TWO (2) 7 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. You will end up with FOUR (4) triangles per square.
- Dark Pink: Cut TWO (2) 7 1/4″ squares. Then cut the squares diagonally, corner-to-corner, TWO (2) times. You will end up with FOUR (4) triangles per square.
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Yankee Star Quilt Block Diagram
Yankee’s Crisp-Chewy Waffle Iron Brownies Free Recipe from New England Today Food!
Friday Funday: Free Patterns using Yo-Yo’s
“Bloom Quilt” Free Quilt Pattern designed by Amy Butler from Amy Butler Designs
“Lulu’s Yoyos” Free Quilt Pattern designed by Pie Plate Patterns
“Yo-Yo Pillow” Free Pattern designed by Becky from Paatchwork Posse
“Yo-Yo Heart Pillow” Free Pattern designed by Lynette Jensen from Thimbleberries
“Jovial Christmas Tree Wall Hanging” Free Pattern designed by Karin Hellaby from Moda Bakeshop