My tribute to Autumn. This is a new quilt pattern called "Falling Leaves".The original pattern was designed for The Heart of the Lakes Quilt Shop Hop several years ago.
The pattern was called Autumn Splendor, and included a runner, and 5 quilt options.
I kept the basic design for this quilt, but changed the size to a smaller six inch block.
It was so much fun making these little leaf blocks. The leaves are all paper pieced. The scraps were used to make the alternating chain blocks.
I started with 24 Fat Quarters, and 1 1/2 yards of black Kona Cotton, and made both of the quilts shown below. I still have an abundance of scraps. I could have made the Leaf quilt much larger, but I wanted to get the quilt finished in time for the fall quilt shows in Des Moines (AQS) and Quilt Festival (Houston)
40" x 52"
To further use the scraps, I made a smaller version of the Hopscotch quilt I designed several years ago. The blocks for the little quilt finish at 3". The quilt finishes at 26" x 28". I've made several versions of the Hopscotch quilt using 30's reproduction fabrics, retro fabrics from American Jane, and next....one in civil war fabrics.
