The super talented Jenean Morrison sent me this gorgeous fabric last spring. Jenean designs fabrics among many other things. All her creations are fresh and bright and playful and I love all of it! Click through to see her 2014 summer line call Lovelorn. I can’t wait until next month when I can order some!
This line of fabric she sent me is called Beachwood Park and it is interesting because it uses reds, whites and blues but really isn’t patriotic. Jenean used several different hues of reds and blues and patterns that take my mind places other than the 4th of July.
This quilt from MQG inspired the the pattern and quilt I made for Jenean’s Fabrics.
When I saw it I knew is was perfect for what I had in mind.
I sat down and planned the quilt. Here is my first draft.
Once I had my plan Sue and I headed to the fabric store and bought some matching solids. I’m terrible at matching colors so I love having an extra pair of eyes with me, plus Sue is just one of my favorite people. Win-win!
Here they are all cut into pretty trapezoids. (I need to clean my iPhone camera)
I cut out all the trapezoids and then set to work arranging them. I think I spent more time arranging and rearranging them than I did anything else but this is what I ended up with.
Once I had everything in place, I started piecing. I was really happy with how the top turned out.
For the quilting, I followed the lines of the angles and ended up with this chevron pattern.
To add a little more quilting, I quilted around each of the solid trapezoids.
For the backing I used one of the larger patterns in this line called Reunion Blue and bound it in Rendezvous Red.
I couldn’t be happier with it. What do you think?
