Welcome to my block stop on volume 15 of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks magazine.
It’s always fun to find out a block gets accepted into the magazine – it’s even more fun when you discover your block made it to the cover!
I’ve been asking my newsletter subscribers and blog readers if they could guess which block was mine. . .
Here it is!
I knew that I wanted to use Janine Vangool’s fabric line, Uppercase, for my block – she’s Canadian too, eh!
In the process of making the block I had to decide whether to use a light or a dark background.
Here is my test layout of some different Uppercase prints using a light background.
I decided that I liked how the colors popped on the dark background more so I went with the dark background.
Then of course, I had to make more!
The theme of this volume’s blog tour is a road rally and that inspired my quilt.
I set my blocks on point to look like a field of tulips. Tulips in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, and the month of May are a tradition. If you don’t live too far away it is definitely worth a road trip!
Since I live too far away, I decided to make a field of tulips to enjoy on my own bed. I used one of the light prints in Uppercase and a Pat Sloan print for my tulip block backgrounds. Then I had fun making some bright, mostly red tulips.
Fun tulip fact – there is a special Canada 150 tulip!
Canada is celebrating it’s 150th birthday this year with many special events and souvenirs to mark the occasion. I’m considering my quilt to be a 150 birthday quilt – hopefully it will even get quilted this year!
The solid looking green fabric in my quilt is from Northcott’s fabric line celebrating Canada. There are several maple leaf prints in this line if you wanted to make something Canadian this year too – or just add to your stash for a souvenir 😉
Since I’m in the celebrating spirit, I am currently working on this NEW block called “Celebration Leaves”. It’s big at 16″ and lots of fun to play with AND it will only be available to my newsletter subscribers, so, if you like it, sign up!
Hopefully I’ve inspired you to make a tulip block or visit a local festival – maybe your road trip will be to the nearest quilt shop for a copy of the Quiltmaker’s 100 magazine and some fabric!
Of course with a blog tour there’s a giveaway 🙂
My winner will receive
a copy of the Quiltmaker’s 100 blocks vol. 15
AND
3 SewJOY Creations’ downloadable patterns:
a baby quilt made with a layer cake
a queen size quilt making liberated churn dashes
two placemat patterns from a layer cake
International entries are welcome
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Leave a comment until Friday, May 5, midnight EST
telling me a favorite local festival you go to
or one that’s worth a road trip!
Winner will be announced Saturday, May 6
after my local guild sew day 🙂
Thanks for visiting! Keep on touring with Quiltmaker’s block stops for today.
With Joy,
Sarah V.
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