Although I can not find the pattern for this quilt, I can tell you it was in a magazine approximately 15 years ago. The pattern is simple enough and what pulled me in was the potential to show off collections. The first time I used the pattern I dug through my wax indigo prints and came up with this. 
The indigos were fun to work with and the quilt has a clean, simple, modernist look to it. Collecting these beautiful blue beauties was just the quest I needed when attending quilt shows and shops. I will admit most were from shows as these are very special. The koi is not a wax print, but I thought it added character!
The featured image is a quilt my sister, Terry Burris and I made for our stepmother Sylvia several years ago for her birthday. She loves butterflies and flowers. The background fabric has sweet little butterflies all over it.
It took me a week to cull through my floral stash to choose just the right fabrics to play nicely with this particular green. Every single floral came from my stash. And every little bit of this background fabric was used. There was not an inch to spare.
I even liked the fabric I found to use on the back. Sweet yes!? This pattern would lend itself nicely with juvenile fabrics for a very simple “eye spy”, color blocking, plaids…and the list goes on!
Terry Burris Quilting did a lovely floral panto on this quilt. It just sort of fell together.
We lost our stepmother this spring, and in cleaning out her things I ran across this,
I had made this vest for her over 15 years ago. If my memory serves me, I used a pattern called The Collectors Vest. The yellow is from a fabric gradation that was offered at the time. The color wash has always appealed to me and she really loved the impressionist feel to the piece.
If you look carefully you can find a pretty pink butterfly button, and a rainbow embroidered applique. Other than the receiver, the vest was also inspired by the lining fabric.
As I look through my sewing room I see many other pieces I purchased to make with her in mind. Hold fast to your loved ones. You never know how long they will be here.
Sew on, and piece.
I could have gone on and on about Home Owner Associations, an era of cars being grey, silver, black or white, traffic going into the city and returning to the suburbs. I could have waxed poetic. But truth be told, cogs get the work done.
There was a solution, but it meant cutting more ties and hoping I had enough Heat N Bond to go around. As it happened, I had just enough for the cogs on the front and one to go on the label on the back.
In fact it has inspired me to take on an even bigger project. More on that later…much later.
divadiversion 