If you thought I was over the top with my penchant for black (see my last post), you might think I have really gone overboard with my fruit salad quilt!
I really like the jewel-like colours of Eleanor Burns' fabric range, "Forever Love". I wanted to use the Arbor Window quilt block (aka Granny Square) so decided that this was definitely a case for having a black background, which shows up both the fabric and the piecing so well.
I talked here about how the blocks were made without having to align any points - my style of piecing since I'm an imperfect piecer!
As I much prefer doing applique to piecing blocks, I did plenty on this quilt.
The fabric colours were so good for depicting various fruits.
One of my favourites below - cherries - both the applique and eating them!
I made this project using the quilt-as-you-go method.
The appliques are all in the borders, so it took a long time to get round the whole quilt!
The grapes took forever, but I am so pleased with the result on the finished quilt. The different fabrics used for the grapes give a really great effect when the quilt is viewed from a distance.
All the above photos were taken before quilting, so here is the finished product:
It's looking very happy in our family room, covering a small pool table.
I'm finished my "black phase" for the moment and am having fun with another quilt with lots of appliques - and an off-white background! It's using a wonderful new Tilda range of fabrics which will be in stores soon.
Speaking of Tilda fabrics, I have now added the pattern for my "Cottage in the Garden" quilt to my Craftsy Store. A number of folk who don't have access to Australian magazines told me they would like to buy the pattern, so here's the link if that is you!
Happy stitching!
Val
