It’s my special day for Pat Sloan’s Girls in the Garden Blog Hop. Pat asked five designers to share their fabric choices for making one of her Girls in the Garden patterns. I chose to make Pat’s Chelsea’s Summer Garden Pattern. Here’s Pat’s version:
The pattern includes a detailed list of all fabric required to complete the project. Just a note, the lighting in my apartment leaves a lot to be desired. Some photos were taken at different times of the day with natural and artificial lighting.
Here are the fabrics I’ll be using.
I knew I wanted to use the black with wild colours for my first inner border and my large outer border. This is my focus piece. From this one, I chose the background fabric, a warm sunshine yellow, and a multi-toned pink/orange for the inner border and binding.
For the vase, I chose two black and white fabrics. The black with white as the main vase and the white with black as the vase’s base.
For the stems and leaves, I wanted a green that had enough hue to stand out nicely on the yellow background but that didn’t clash with the background. Here’s what I picked:
For the coneflower petals I wanted to pick out pinks and purples from the focus fabric. Also shown is the flower center/top which was also used for the butterfly body.
Fabrics for the butterfly wings and hearts:
I chose a multi-colour batik for the other flowers scattered throughout the quilt:
So, how did it turn out? Let’s see. Background and borders pieced:
Let’s add some of the appliqué pieces:
We need the flowers! To make them easier to handle, I pre-assembled the flower pieces on a Teflon sheet so that I could fuse them to the quilt top as one unit.
And the finish:
What do you think? Like my fabric choices? What fabrics would you choose?
Give-Away
I’ll be giving away a copy of one of Pat’s patterns to a lucky blog reader. The winner gets to choose which pattern she/he wants. Here are the four patterns in the collection.
To enter: Leave a comment below answering the following: “Do you have any holiday plans this year? Where are you going and why?” One winner will be randomly chosen Sunday night (February 26th).
But that’s not all, there are MORE chances for you to win these lovely patterns. Visit each of the bloggers in the blog hop on their special day. See the fabrics they’ve chosen to use. They’ll each be giving away a pattern too.
- Wednesday, Feb. 22: Heather of Olive and Ollie
- Thursday, Feb. 23: Dawn of Spring Water Designs
- Friday, Feb. 24: Amy of Amy’s Creative Side
- Saturday, Feb. 25: Heather of {House}of A La Mode Fabric
Still more: Our friends at the Fat Quarter Shop are giving away FIVE full sets of Pat’s patterns. Visit their Jolly Jabber blog to enter.
Finally, visit Pat Sloan each day too as she shares HOW she designed “Girls in the Garden” and she’s giving away another full set of the patterns too.
Wow! Lots of chances for you to win.
Be sure to also check out Bigfork Bay Cotton Co. for all the cool designs they publish!
Updated:
The winner is #134 – Victoria Miner. Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments.
Beautiful and delightful fabric choices!
Our holiday plans remain the same tradition: The family comes to our house for a big dinner, after which I am totally worn out, yet relieved!
Going to the beach in Rhode Island in July, and hoping to go to the Vermont Quilt Festival in June.
I love your color variety in the coneflowers. My holiday plans involve a lot of cooking, grandchildren and greeting everyone here at home. Perfect!
I love your fabric choices – especially your border fabrics – ties it all together so nicely! My hubs and I will be going to Victoria, BC for a small vacation – we haven’t had a single day just the two of us since AnneMarie was born and my parents are coming up here to watch her. I am really looking forward to it – especially going out for tea!
The black border is just-right wild! Hope to get to Napa Valley this fall..for wine, countryside, and, oh yeah..some family….
i loved the way you made the background yellow, thereby adding another color to the mix, and making your colors/fabric really pop from the background.
I love your background fabric, and the way your other fabrics relate to the background. If I were to change anything, I put in another smaller butterfly somewhere in the lower section of the quilt. I’m definitely a butterfly person.
No special holiday plans yet, except to make a banner or table runner for 4th of July.
Great color choices on both projects! Travel plans only if we can come up with the $$$ to put new tires on the motor home and then its off to the desert or mountains for quick weekend getaways. Other than that, lots of family time and trying out new recipes with our new smoker.
I absolutely love the colors. Batiks always make fun flowers. My holiday plans this year are to visit the Epcot Center in Florida. I have never been and now that I’m all grown up (but still a kid inside) I finally get to go!
Love the batiks for the flowers…Hope to get to the UP in Michigan this summer!
Love your choice of fabrics — absolutely beautiful. My favroite is Chelsea’s Summer Garden. We plan to go to a bluegrass festival for 10 days. Lots of fun!!
Your batiks are stunning and are perfect for “Chesea’s Summer Garden”. For the holidays, I hope to visit my grand girls in New York City, as they came to visit me this past year.
I am retired so every day is a holiday, however this year to celebrate my 70th year I am heading to Italy. I loved the flowers and the color combinations are awesome…thanks for sharing.
I really like that cone flower pattern. It’s too early for holiday plans.
I love your fabrics. Very nice. That is my favorite pattern. We plan on a quiet summer. Not sure of plans.
I’m going to the beach where all my senses can rest and my batteries get recharged……and hopefully I can joyfully chase my little granddaughter along the shore. You’ve done a great job with the cone flower pattern, you have a good color sense.
Happy Sewing and thanks for the chance to win
WOW that coloring really pops!! Great work! Holiday plans? None as they always seem to get changed/broken. So spur of the moment it is!!
You did a great job on your interpretation. Congrats!
No holiday plans for us…hubby likes to be home, but we are expecting three new grandbabies this year so there will be lots of traveling to see each new precious bundle. I’m working on quilts!
I am going to go on a couple of quilting retreats when I retire this May.
love the colours and the way that compliment each other. as for hols hope to be cruising soon!
I love how you used batiks in your version. Just lovely! As for holiday plans, probably just staying home. Will be doing traveling for education and a wedding.
Wow! Beautiful. Your fabric choices are right on. I hope to work all year on Christmas projects. Going some where? It’s a bit early to decide. Maybe to montana to be with my granddaughter her husband and my new great grand baby
I love the fabric for the borders!! Coneflowers are truly a summer flower and I thought the batiks in your quilt were just right.
Forgot to mention the holiday–Memorial Day is a big event for us. We have a national bicycling event we attend to see our grandson race.
Love your colors. Beautiful work. Our holiday plans will be attending our grandson’s baseball tournaments all summer.
Love your take on Pats block…my holiday will be spent with some old friends we reconnected with this winter, I am sure good food will also be involved. Thanks,
I love the batik fabrics you picked out for your quilt especially the cone flowers. Very pretty!
Your fabrics are wonderful for this pattern. The big holiday plans: a wedding. Can’t wait.
Love how you used the colors in your border fabric for the inside design. With elderly parents, we seem to be living day to day, but celebrating each day.
Love the bright cheery fabrics you used in the summer garden!
Plans for me? Staying home and working…I’m putting my second child into college this fall….then another in 2 years, and another the year after that…I’ll be doing good if I have rice and beans to eat!! LOL! But I’ve got my sewing machine and lots of fabric and ideas to keep me company as the house empties out!
I adore your fabric choices, they are so cheerful and perfect for the pattern. Our holiday plans include a trip to Michigan for a nephew’s wedding. It will be a wonderful family event.
Not much on the vacation horizon for us this year, as our daughter is getting married this fall ! Maybe we’ll take a long weekend for some R&R afterwards at least !
Love your colors, flowers really pop. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love Pat’s things – and using a fancy new / bright fabric is a nice change out from the country / wooly look.
We spend most holidays with family. This mid-winter break will be no exception as we are going to Buffalo to visit our oldest son and his family….Your colors are great. I particularly like the variety of fabrics used in the flowers. I would probably use earth tones, golds, rusts, etc. as that would match the colors in my house.
Hi,
No plans for the Holiday’s yet as it’s way toooo early. We also need to know about our kids college/grad school schedules before we can make any plans. We go to Walt Disney World about every three years so hopefully this year. :-)
I love all of the patterns but especially Nicole’s Autumn Pumpkin Patch and Ava’s Winter Flurries.
Cynthia
Love all these patterns! We are hoping to go to Florida and San Francisco to be with family this year. How great to get together!
Memorial Day, we will be going to the Coca Cola 600 Nascar Race in Charlotte NC.
Love your banner. I need to get mine out. My holiday will be summer vacation (I’m a teacher.) I am going to the Chautauqua Institute in NY with my husband and mom. It will be wonderful.
Love the choice of fabrics for your version. As of yet I do not have any holiday plans but will hopefully have some in the near future.
I love your border fabric! and the yellow background makes it nice and bright!
Holiday Plans… 4th of July we usually are camping with the family and christmas we drive to MD to visit my in-laws.!
by holiday I am assuming that you are talking some sort of time off or away….. This year I am celebrating 30 years anniversary. We hope to have a little get away in september. Pat’s patterns are so fun. great job on the color choices.
janita
I love the flowers as they remind me of the cone flowers where I was raised. Holiday plans have just been immediate family but in June we are having the first family reunion of my family since 2006 when dad passed away. I am the oldest of seven children and with both parents gone…family has been divided. All but my youngest brother and myself live away from the rest of the family. I was wanting to make something special for each family and this would be perfect. Thanks.
I love that you uses a bright happy yellow for the background. It is a perfect background for the blue and purple batik.
My husband and I plan to drive cross country this summer.
Christmas will find our three children visiting us for my 70th Birthday.
My holiday plans are to stay home, nice and cosy! I love the colours that you used. I would like the Autumn Pumpkin pattern. I have a spot picked out for it! The coneflower pattern would be perfect there, too! Any of the patterns would be great to win!
Hopefully, we will get away this year. We usually vacation with another couple but he is having all kinds of issues with his knees and hip and is scheduled for surgery number one next month. Time will tell. Love your use of batiks with the pattern!
No holiday plans as of today . Ours are always kind of thrown together at the last minute . We may go to an Amish style dinner at a place close to us . I LOVE your coneflowers and the fabric . It’s gorgeous !
I love the fabric you chose….it really turned out beautiful…so colorful…I have no holiday plans as yet; but you never know….LOL…thank you for the giveaway…
I love the flowers! No holiday plans yet…I wish I had some.
Our big holiday plans this year is Thanksgiving! This year our whole family will be gathering at our oldest son and DIL’s home, her whole family will be there also.
I love the “coolness and tranquility” your quilt design gives off and the colors are absolutely GORGEOUS!!
I do not have any holiday plans yet this year. We will probably plan some time with my older children who are no longer living at home.
Love all these patterns.
-debby