This beautiful quilt was first seen at the International Quilt Show in Houston in 2009. The maker is unknown. The quilt was originally made in England and it is an English Style design made with many scraps of fabric. The quilt was sold at Christie’s Auction house and now resides in the USA.
With this quilt I am teaching, English paper piecing of stars and hexagons, appliqué needle turn or stitch and wash technique, embroidery and hand piecing some blocks. The rest of the basket designs will also be offered as blocks of the month.
This quilt has a centre of English hand pieced stars and hexagons, and is surrounded by 22 appliquéd baskets, and there are four hand pieced blocks in the corners.
The outer border is also hexagons and stars and various interesting shapes, hearts, diamonds etc. And the final border is appliquéd diamonds.
The finished quilt is 80” x 80”.
The first kit is $90 which includes the whole pattern, including templates for the hexagon and star shapes, borders, corners and one basket pattern, and the exact layout of the finished blocks. There are at least 18 shapes needed for the border.
The rest of the quilt is sold as blocks of the month, and there are 7 months of Blocks of the month with 3 basket designs in each month. This cost $30 per month.
Photos of your completed quilt is mandatory!
