During covid lockdown, one of my quarantine quilts needed a backing. I went to my LQS and found a beautiful white fabric with black and yellow flowers and butterflies. It was so beautiful I knew it was going to be perfect for my backing. After I finished that quilt, I still had some of the backing fabric left over. What to do? Make another quilt of course.
I started cutting the fabric into different sized squares; I
didn’t want to waste even the smallest scrap. I also wanted to make sure there
was color in each square as the fabric did have a lot of white on it.
As I planned out the use of these squares, I thought it would be really fun to do an irish chain pattern, but with the twist of using different sized squares. I also thought it would be fun to put this white and yellow fabric on a black background. It would make it so striking!
It was all coming together just how I imagined, until I ran out of squares. I was able to find an online shop that still had the fabric and ordered some more. I finished the top and was so happy with how it turned out. Now I just needed a backing.
Once again, I had leftover of the original fabric, so I decided that was going into the backing no matter what. I found a great pink and yellow floral fabric in my stash that is so bright it totally contrasts with the stark white and black front.
I was so happy with it all, I couldn’t wait to get it quilted and finished. I added my label and my black binding and there you have it! Another wonderful finished product. It a great size and weight to make it super useful at home, and so very striking. I’m not sure what season to associate it with, although it feels a bit summer-ish to me.
I discovered a hard truth about a quilt with this color scheme though when I tried to take pictures of it. It is super hard to photograph black and white. The colors dominate the frame and wash everything out! I have tried 3 different times now to get good photos of this quilt, but it’s not happening. The photos I have are going to have to be the ones that commemorate this quilt.
It such a beauty that it’s a shame the pictures aren’t showing it. But I promise, this was a fun finish.
