Sunflower
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 7:26PM 
During class with Melinda Bula, I determined that I had to have a french border print to complete the sunflower quilt.
Immediatly after class, I went down to the IQF show floor with my sunflower work-in-progress and found the vendor with the wonderful french fabrics. Their fabrics are more of a tablecloth weight than a traditional quilting cotton weight but they had the exact look that I wanted.
It was like a scavenger hunt with several other shoppers digging through the piles of fabrics helping me looking for just the right shades of blue and yellow.
Originally I had planned to use the large sripe with the lavender bundles as part of the border but it did not play well with the sunflower. Funny, with the striped fabric cut and reassembled into borders the background looks like a oversized napkin!
Sumflower is now nestled in its' french frame and ready for quilting!
Houston Quilt Festival, sunflower
Reader Comments (5)
This is beautiful. I love French fabrics. The sunflower is gorgeous. Suzan, how big is this quilt?
Your sunflower is so vibrant and those French fabrics were just "made" to accent it. What a great find!
Thanks for the comments. To answer Snap's question; the sunflower is about 18 inches across and the finished quilt will be 25 inches.
Suzan, BEATUIFUL!!! I love the colors! I bought fabric from the same vendor last year for my kitchen table! Their fabrics are awesome and your pick of fabrics are perfect! Great Job!
Very nice piece Suzan. Colours lovely. You must be pleased.