Hot
pink paisley batik, little lime green flowers, and bright teal are
striking surrounded by white and black. Those stars just about dance
off the quilt.
A
Laura Wheeler block, originally called Gay Patches, was clipped from
the Nashville Tennessean by Granny Rose. I found it in one of her
sewing boxes, pinned to paper templates of the pieces, no date or
instructions. I made a quilt in soft fall colors with it a couple of
years ago. Here's a link to that post.
This
time, I started by making a nine-patch star in a smaller size, then set it on point and
added the corners. I enjoyed using Rockette (1962 Singer 500A) for
piecing. Fabric on the back is a wild hot pink and white herringbone
print, and binding repeats the hot pink paisley. I used white thread
to quilt 2” apart in a straight stitch, on Janelle, a 2016 Janome
MC9450.
Dancing Queen (Gay Patches block) 2022
The
colors and paisley remind me of ABBA in the 70's. Dancing Queen
measures 43” x 56” size. How cool to use an early pattern,
vintage and new style fabric, old and new machines to recreate another Granny Rose quilt. I'm pretty sure she'd love cutting now with
modern dies instead of scissors.
Accuquilt
dies used:
55006
Square 3” finished
55027
Triangle in Square 3” finished
55735
Chisel 2¼” x 4½”
55395
Square 2¼”
55147
Half Square Triangle 2¼”
55017
Strip 2½”
Dancing
queenFeel
the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah!
