How Many Hexagons In A Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt

It's time for a blog update! I have been busy sewing, but have - hopefully temporarily - lost my blogging momentum. Here in Melbourne we've had a LOT of home time due to local lockdown and covid restrictions, and as such I have had much time to sit, sew, and reflect. Some days and weeks have been more productive than others, but there seems to be a light at the end of a slow long Winter. It's almost Summer and it feels like we're heading into the good (and jolly) season. This week I took some time to photograph four of my recently finished English paper pieced quilts in preparation for blog updates.

This is the first of those four finished quilt. This quilt is called Talula Quilt and has been designed by Australian designer Judy Newman. The acrylic templates are available from Judy's website, and the design lends itself to both hand piecing and English paper piecing. I chose to English paper piece my quilt. I continue to be well and truly invested in the English paper piecing method of sewing quilt tops together, I thoroughly enjoy this slow sewing process. Something I don't think I ever would have thought that I would say!

Fortunately I do take the occasional progress pic of my work on my phone which then provides me with some indication of when I finished this quilt top and the quilt. This quilt was started in May 2021 and I finished it some time in July 2021.

QUILT DETAILS

Talula Quilt ~ designed by Judy Newman.

Quilt size: 58.5 inches x 58.5 inches.

Started: May 2021.

Finished: July 2021.

English Paper Pieced.

Machine Quilted.

Materials Used:

Various printed quilting cottons from stash.

Solid background fabrics are Robert Kaufman Kona Cottons.

Low loft cotton batting.

For the back of the quilt I have used an old favorite text fabric: Newsprint from the Story collection by Carrie Bloomston.And I have finished the quilt with a colorful binding fabric: Just a Speck by Jen Kingwell for Moda Fabrics.

Talula, she's bright, colorful and bold. I rather like her, and I certainly enjoyed piecing this quilt together. I did at one stage contemplate machine stitching the individual English paper pieced blocks together into the quilt top, but as I wasn't short of time, and consider the slow sewing process a treat, I did hand sew the entire quilt top.

With express permission from Judy Newman I am selling this quilt.

You'll find the listing here:

As always, thank you so much for stopping by to see what I have been working on. I'll leave you with a peak at what's to come in the next few weeks ...  Rita

RELEVANT LINKS

Talula Quilt designed by Judy Newman ~ acrylic templates and paper pieces available.

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How Many Hexagons In A Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt

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