For Christmas last year, my mom gave me a fat quarter bundle of Lynette Anderson’s Secret Garden fabric. Gorgeous fabric. The kind of fabric that you just want to display and never use because you are afraid of making a mistake and wasting it. Here’s a picture of the fabric bundle:
See what I mean — perfect just as it is. Blues and greens, plums, browns and creams; all with adorable flowers, bugs, and beehives. Yummy! Needless to say, I let the fabric sit on my sewing table for months before I finally got up the nerve to cut into it. But I’m so glad I did, because the end result, a lap quilt called In the Garden, is one of my favorite quilts I’ve ever made.
Here’s a picture of the quilt top draped on our deck railing:
I wanted to stay with the garden theme of the fabrics so I decided to use a triple Irish chain as lattice work with two different “flower” blocks peeking through. Here’s a picture of the finished quilt:
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That is a beautiful quilt and I love the colors in it.
Debbie
The quilt is beautiful! I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the magazine. Congrats to you!