Live in the Sunshine

 

August is a serious time for ice cream.

It's time to start school no matter 

what form it takes.

Even my daughter who teaches first grade 
 has made quite a few adjustments. 

For me, it's time to share an August mini!!

The fields behind my house looked like the colors

of my quilt, golds and greens.

Wish it had been a field of sunflowers!

"Live in the Sunshine"

47" x 47"

(despite the skies still being smokey and hazy)

You might remember from earlier this summer
that I started appliqueing these sunflower blocks. 

 Susie Wright of 

Fixer of Old Quilts on Instagram had

drafted a pattern of an antique sunflower block

inspired by a 1862 quilt from the collection

of Cathy Erickson of quiltingcat2.

I decided to place the blocks all facing

the same directions, just like sunflowers

moving and following the sun during the day.

The border is designed with sets of golden flying geese

circling the field.

Again I tried to figure it out mathematically,

but luckily it worked out better in real life

than on paper!

All four corners actually, came out the same!

I kept the machine quilting simple

with echo quilting around the sunflowers,

straight lines in the skinny borders,

and leaves in the outer border.

I added the flange binding with the

dark gold and green to frame the whole design.

 

I found two older pieces in my stash for the backing,
 ancient yardage from South Seas designed by Theresa Kogut 

and a very old piece by Sandy Gervais.

Summer isn't really over yet.
There's still plenty of time to play

and even enjoy a little ice cream.

Until Next Time-

Kyle