I have always loved sunflowers and had planned to make myself a sunflower quilt for a long time. Finally got around to it after my regular couch quilt has become almost worn out. I still love that quilt seen HERE. I replaced the binding recently and its still folded on the back of the couch. I think I have a picture with each of our grandchildren with that quilt. Its special to me, to say the least.
......But the sunflower quilt! Its so cozy and I love it. Here are some pictures I took of it recently. We took down the old clothesline that I used to take quilt pictures on because it was in the way and really didn't look nice. But, where there's a will, there's a way! After finally getting a day when the wind wasn't blowing so hard, I hung it from a tree limb on hangers, draped it over the swing and a tree limb and laid it on the ground for these pictures.
The back: I made a row of blocks that went along with the front to make the amount of fabric I had work. It worked out perfect.
I tried to make a cross (Christian), but it probably looks like the letter t or a plus sign. LOL
The backing fabric has birds and butterflies on it. This was in my stash and was given to me by my sister who was getting rid of most of her fabric.
I made this quilt "almost" completely from fabrics I already had on hand along with some scraps. The only thing purchased was one fat quarter. Some of the sunflower fabric came from a quilt shop many years ago in the Mountains of Tennessee.
The size of the quilt is 55 by 73. Perfect for me on the couch!
I'm sorry, but I can't find the website where I got the inspiration for this quilt. As soon as I find it, I'll edit this post to include that!
Quilt #3 in 2024!
