Saturday, January 1, 2022

Purple Wildflowers

After two somewhat gloomy posts for the end of 2021, I figured I should start 2022 with a beautiful finished quilt.  This is Purple Wildflowers.  The pattern is from Accuquilt, called Wildflower (I added the "s" to make it plural) and this is my second time making this pattern, my first version was for an Island Batik challenge in 2020.  

 


This uses Accuquilt's Hattie's Choice die (a block on board) and adds a flying geese unit to it.  I really love the look of the block, both in its original form and made into a flower.  


I've made end-of-the-year quilts for Fire Monkey's classroom teachers the past two years.  I plan to do that again, but I also really wanted to recognize the specials teachers as well.  In previous years, there were five specials at his school: music, art, P.E., library, and dance.  All five teachers have been at the school since he started in Kindergarten, so that means they've had him through the entire pandemic and distance learning.  These past few years have been especially challenging for teachers and I just want to show my appreciation in some way.  Fire Monkey started asking for favorite colors the first week of school; I knew I would have to start in August if I wanted to get them all made by June!

This is for Coach M, the P.E. teacher, whose favorite color is purple.  I used various purple Island Batik scraps.  The quilting is wavy lines with purple Auriful thread.  Since purple is also my favorite color, I really enjoyed making this one.  You can't go wrong with Purple Wildflowers!

with a statue at a local park


10 comments:

  1. Happy New Year! Thank you for starting off my year with looking at this pretty quilt that's "Accuquilt Built". Love how this one worked up in the purples, love the depth of color achieved. Lucky teacher, worthy recipient!

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  2. That is a very pretty quilt, and I'm sure you enjoyed creating it with all that purple! Fire Monkey's teachers are a lucky bunch!

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  3. Wow, lovely quilt, this pattern is wonderful! Love the purple colors you choose too.

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  4. What a gorgeous quilt, Emily. You are amazing getting these done and it does take some organization to get to them all for the end of the year, when you add in the specialists.

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  5. That is a lovely quilt and your first on is too

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  6. Wonderful Emily...just lovely xo Happy New Year

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  7. Congratulations on a beautiful finish! What a great way to start off the new year.

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  8. You're so thoughtful, Emily, and so talented! This is a beauty - I love the purple against the black, and I love the addition of a flying geese block to the original block. Teachers have been one of the hardest hit, hardest working, (having to pivot so quickly from in-person to on-line and back multiple times, and in many places, least recognized for all of this stress. As a teacher (happily retired) I thank you and I know they will too. :-)

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  9. The purple wildflowers are lovely!!! I love that Fire Monkey is actively involved in discovering his teacher's favourite colours! That is such an important part of the quilting process!
    Happy Quilting! :-)

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  10. What a pretty flower quilt and fun color combo, Emily!!! That is one lucky coach!!!

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