This is a finish from some fabric I bought a little over a year ago at a nice shop in St. Agatha, Maine. I’ve since seen the Robert Kaufman Venice fabrics elsewhere, and they are all just beautiful. In addition to the lovely colors, the fabric weave is sateen, so it feels exceptionally smooth. Here are pictures of a couple of the fabrics in the line:
I puzzled for months over how to make the perfect quilt from these fabrics and finally settled on this pattern.
I’ve never used patterns from this company before and, whether the problem was with me or with the template, my first attempt did not produce a round circle!
OK, not a great photo, and the block isn’t even lying flat, but you can see that those side arcs aren’t quite what they should be.
After arguing with the pattern for a while, I just re-drew the block in EQ8, printed templates from EQ , and used those. The re-drawn block turned out just fine.
So here is the quilt, and I’m happy to say I like it a lot!
Quit Stats
Name: St. Agatha in Venice
Finished size: 58″ x 69″
Pattern: Circle Time, with several changes by me
Made by: me
Quilted by: Linda Nichols
And here’s one last picture, because I recently read in Meg Cox‘s newsletter that I should take a picture of the quilt top twisted up. Not sure why, but it is kind of a fun picture in this case.
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I don’t often make comments but this is really lovely. I love yellow. It’s perfect here.
Betti Devine
I enjoyed yesterday
Thanks, Betti! I enjoyed yesterday, too 😀
Beautiful as always. You have a gift for coming up with the perfect pattern to go with the perfect fabric or fabrics. I enjoy your work so much. Thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks! And thanks for following and commenting 😀
You are a fabric whisperer! Your fabric choices always make the patterns work. I can just see you in a fabric shop, talking to and listening to fabric that just speak to you.
Oh boy, yes, those fabrics speak! They say “take me home!” But you know that story 😀
I too have wondered at the value of the twisted photo and haven’t figured out how to do it if I ever decide it is worth it. Meanwhile, I like your quilt very much. Some fabrics just demand big pieces to show them off, and you found a great pattern. Plus had a lot of patience to redraft it!
Turns out you just lay the quilt out flat then pinch a handful in the middle and twist. It was fun at least!
Love the fabric choices and colors in this quilt. Wonderful work. Like Linda’s quilting too. Have never twisted a quilt for a photograph. Will try it with one soon. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful work with us.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Awesome quilt and it amazes me how you just redraft confusing templates and patterns – you are so talented!
Thank you, Tierney!
And another remarkable quilt. I do admire the way you tackle difficult designs, 😊
Thank you 😀
Lovely quilt and a perfect use of that fabric
Thank you, Helen.