Unlike Kermit the frog this quilt makes me think it is easy being green. As you have heard me say many times before there is not a local quilt shop sale that I don’t like. And over the past year one of my favorite quilt shops has had several sales and since the owner is not a green fan, I get a lot of green fabric. What I have learned is there are more shades of green then I ever imagined and sometimes getting them all to blend can be a bit tricky.
As I looked at my stack of green fabrics, I knew I had to find a way to start using them because they were just too pretty to put in a tot and store away for another project. This pattern is not an original, I found the pattern on Art Gallery fabrics web site https://bit.ly/3AWlTYu. When I looked at the pattern originally, I thought this will be quick and super easy pattern and it was except those angles were a killer. They are mirrored angles and for someone like me who looks at the pictures and the measurements and starts cutting and sewing you will be guaranteed to be doing some rework. I have a pile of wrong angles laying on my studio floor and a new appreciation for reading patterns closely. But once I got my angles all correct the pattern really did come together quickly.
While the pattern did stitch quickly the real fun came with adding texture and interest with the quilting. I almost always quilt my quilts with my embroidery machine and each time I do I find another clever way to get the results I want.
I filled each green color with a different type of quilting. In the white background areas, I used a simple straight-line quilting with my walking foot and a new edge to edge quilting pattern added to my machine with the latest upgrade
This quilt really makes me happy I have all this green fabric.
Now it’s back to my machine for another project for me!