Muted
fall colors make me yearn for cooler weather. It's still in the mid
to upper nineties here, same as it was in July when I sewed this
quilt. No rain, our grass is crispy and leaves are turning brown.
This
is an 1950's pattern called Gay Patches or Four Gay Patches by Laura
Wheeler. I found the clipping in Granny Rose's sewing box. I
located a similar design in BlockBase called Dog Tooth Violet. It was fairly easy to design with EQ8 software.
I modified it a bit to use Accuquilt dies, making a larger 17" finished block. I only had to sew nine blocks to get a 52" square quilt that I named Misty Autumn Fog.
I
decided on sage, brown, gold, cream, gray and dusty coral prints for
the patches and a pale yellow dot for background.
I
quilted with pale yellow thread in a free motion meandering stitch.
Backing is a cream and sage green plaid. If it ever gets cool
enough, this will be a nice one to snuggle under on a rainy day.
Accuquilt
dies used: 4 1/2" square and 2 1/2" HST (55018), 4"
finished triangle in square (55409), and triangle 6 1/2" (55001)
Waiting to put away summer clothes until the weather changes...
