My cherry blossoms modern/art quilt is all pieced. It’s about 16 x 22 inches. I don’t think I’ll add a border, just black binding. I’m stumped for a name and would welcome suggestions.
I made a total of 3 blossoms. I stopped at 3 because I wanted it to be a small piece, and also because I have a very limited amount of the black fabric with gold dots – only 2 fat-eighths of each. They were left over from the MQG Michael Miller Glitz fabric challenge, and I won a package of fat-eighths as a door prize a couple of years ago.
Next, I had to decide how to piece the blossoms with the background pieces. Here are a couple of sketches I made. I used the layout on the left.
Each blossom is made from 6 triangle-shaped pieces to form a hexagon. I pieced each blossom into 2 half-hexagon sections, each made of 3 triangles, as my plan was to join the pieces in columns. However, I didn’t want a seam down the center of the large dot pieces, so I cut them as complete hexagons. That made the piecing a bit tricky. I sewed the pieces into columns as much as possible, then dealt with the Y-seams. I won’t lie – there was some un-stitching and re-stitching involved in sewing some of those seams!
Here it is all sewn together, and ready to be layered and quilted.
Come back in a few days to see how I quilt it. And, as I said at the beginning of this post, I’d love some suggestions for a title for this one.
Thanks for stopping by. Today, I’m linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.
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You were right not to seam the dot fabric, even though it did add complications to the piecing.
“Cherries Jubilee” or “Cherry Blossoms Jubilee” – those gold dots make everything festive – like a jubilee.
Cherry Blossoms at Midnight
spots of spring, spring spots
I struggle with naming my quilts, so no good ideas here. But I think it’s gorgeous and I’m looking forward to seeing how you quilt it. It was a good decision to leave the dot fabric complete without a seam – it looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing your cherry blossoms on MCM!