Saturday, November 21, 2009

Japanese Flower Garden


I love the versatility of patchwork - the fact that you can take a traditional pattern like Grandmother's Flower Garden and make it in a totally different style.  I have just finished quilting a Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt for my customer Dorothy who has made a stunning Japanese version of this very traditional pattern.  This quilt was hand pieced using the english paper piecing method.



I quilted this quilt with Baptist Fans which was done using the Quilt Ez templates.  The Quilt Ez templates are an easy system to use - the templates sit on the quilting table and a stylus drops into the grooves.  It is then a matter of following the grooves with the stylus as you quilt.  With a little bit of care where over-stitching is required you get a great result.



I love the end result on Dorothy's quilt - a traditional quilting design on a modern version of a traditional quilt.



Dorothy has also put some beautiful detail into this quilt.  Each of the centres of the flowers has sashiko stitching on it as has the outside border.



I hope you have enjoyed Dorothy's Japanese Flower Garden.  Happy quilting...

8 comments:

  1. Oh Wow, what a brilliant way to quilt over hexagons. I never know how to quilt hexies, but I love how they look quilted like this! Thanks for the link to the templates too. I would love a long arm quilter one day. Dorothy's quilt is very beautiful by the way. xo

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  2. What a terrific Grandmother's flower garden. The colors are terrific and the quilting is gorgeous.

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  3. Love the mix of the traditional pattern and japanese fabrics. Great choice too for the quilting design. Lovely quilt.

    Rita

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  4. What a fabulous quilt! I love the quilting with those hexies! Fabulous!

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  5. A fantastic quilt..love the fabric choices and your quilting really compliments the design.

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  6. Stunning quilt.
    The quilting design works perfectly!!

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  7. Looks terrific - I bet yours went faster than mine did!! (at least I hope so!)

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  8. I like it! That ez quilter looks awesome. Mine has a laser light to follow paper, but no stylus or grooves. It seems that would be easier :)

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