Soul Blossoms Quilt

Finally, a project to share. Remember when this quilt was on my design wall? Well this weekend I finally finished the Soul Blossoms quilt. When I started this project I think I was only moderately excited about it but as I've worked on it this quilt has grown on me by leaps and bounds. Now I love it and wish we didn't have to part.

This quilt was made for the shop where I work partime.  We needed something using the fabrics from this Amy Butler collection. The shop didn't order the whole collection and I threw in a few other prints that with smaller designs just to balance out the bigger ones.  The white helps to tone things down a little bit too.

We used the peacock feather print for the back because we have a couple of bolts of this print. If I was keeping it for myself, I may have picked something different.

Now I just need to assemble kits and write a pattern.  I've actually used this design before, but with a totally different look. It's a very basic design, but I love the way it shows off the big, bold prints.

As I mentioned before, I took on this project because the bolts of these fabrics weren't moving at the shop. I enjoy that challenge - taking something that isn't selling and using it to create something I like and I hope others will like too. I must get that from my quilting fore-mothers who 'made it do' with pieces from the scrap bag. But it's probably silly comparing pieces from the scrap bag to luscious bolts of Amy Butler prints.

Pattern finished and available in my pattern shop.