Get ready for more sunflower love!
Today Ann Lauer is back to share a virtual trunk show of her quilt patterns featuring the Here Comes the Sun collection.
Here's Ann:
Bargellos work up beautifully with these fabrics! When you
cut those great big sunflowers up, it creates wonderful movement and color
play. I think the range of colors in these quilts make them look almost like
watercolors.
It’s Magic is a
great way to try out a bargello quilt on a small scale. You have the added fun
of fussy cutting sunflowers and appliqueing them on top, too! I prefer to sew
this with the quilt-as-you-go technique, and using Creative Grid Flannel to
keep everything straight.
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| Click here to find the It's Magic pattern and kit options. |
Free Fall, like
the name suggests, has such a huge drop in it. I love the outer border on this
quilt—it enhances the drama of the quilt.
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| Click here to find the Free Fall pattern and kit options. |
Morning Melody is
always a favorite. It’s available in lap, queen and king sizes, and the pattern
has been designed specially so the main movement will fit on the top of a bed.
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| Click here to find the Morning Melody pattern and kit options. |
Reflections is a
brand new pattern. I love the how the bargello design flows across the center
of this quilt!
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| Click here to find the Reflections pattern and kit options. |
I talked about the sunflower stripe the other day, and here
are a few quilts that put that stripe to work.
All That Jazz is
one of my favorites. It starts out with a medallion center, and then it’s
surrounded by easy pieced borders and fussy-cut stripe squares. It looks fancy,
but the fabric does the work.
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| Click here to find the All That Jazz pattern and kit options. |
The stripe does all the work in Steppin’ Out and Around the
Block—simply cut the fabric and assemble! I love the outer border on Around
the Block. It just makes the quilt.
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| Click here to find the Steppin' Out pattern and kit options. |
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| Click here to find the Around the Block pattern and kit options. |
Both the large and medium sunflower prints work beautifully
as a focal fabric. I used focal sunflower prints in the middle of Center Stage, Stardom, and Imagine This.
They provide such a great place to show off the prints.
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| Click here to find the Center Stage pattern and kit. |
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| Click here to find the Stardom pattern and kit options. |
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| Click here to find the Imagine This pattern and kit options. |
Sunswept is
available as a free pattern download on Benartex's website. It also features a
large rectangle of the main sunflower print, surrounded by a pieced border and
fussy-cut sunflower appliques.
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| Click here to download the free quilt pattern. Find the kit here. |
Want to see more from the Here Comes the Sun collection?
Click here to read Ann's interview about the fabrics.
Click here to follow Ann's demonstration using the sunflower stripe.
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This gorgeous fabric line does create some of the most beautiful Bargello quilts along with all of the other lovely Here Comes The Sun quilt patterns! I can not wait to get some. Thank you for sharing all of these fabulous patterns and spectacular fabrics!
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