I made this quilt for my friend Sabrina, in exchange for all the cute art caricatures she made of me doing “quilty” things like sewing and hoarding my fabric stash.

I used an older collection from Clothworks entitled Sunwashed that is now, sadly, out of print.  I’m accumulating a large collection of floral stencils, one of which came in handy for the alternating blocks. I quilted around the flowers in the border with a few looping swirls to make a continuous design.

Fusible applique has become my favorite decorative quiltmaking style.  I machine stitched around the edges with a buttonhole stitch in a blending thread color. Here’s a closeup of the blocks showing the background stippling:

This is now one of my favorite quilts. I’m so glad I could give it to such a good friend who appreciates it!