Welcome to a new week and Day 3 of Quiltmaker‘s Back to School Party. Part 3 of the pattern for Dozens of Daisies covers making the Block Z’s.
See the preparations post, which includes the yardage.
Use our helpful fabric chart to track your fabrics.
See Part 1
See Part 2
Dozens of Daisies Part 3
Using A’s from Fabric #6, B’s from Fabric #1 and a D from Fabric #7, sew the patches together as shown below to make a Block Z. Make 6 Block Z’s.
Today’s featured fabric sponsor is Northcott.
Northcott provided fabrics from Saturday Afternoon by Jane Spolar for their version of Dozens of Daisies.
The quilt below is the finished Northcott version. The quilt was made by Patricia Szymanski, a member of QM’s Back to School sewing team.
Dozens of Daisies in Saturday Afternoon fabrics by Jane Spolar for Northcott. Quilt made by Patricia Szymanski.
If you’d like to use these Northcott fabrics (which are in quilt shops now), here’s how we named them. Refer also to the preparations post.
fabric #1 5/8 yard black print
fabric #2 5/8 yard cream print
fabric #3 5/8 yard multicolor print
fabric #4 1/2 yard green print
fabric #5 5/8 yard magenta print
fabric #6 1/2 yard gray print
fabric #7 1 yard black multiprint
fabric #8 5/8 yard brown stripe
And now to the giveaway! We have three bundles of Northcott fat quarters along with some batting and thread to give to lucky winners. Leave a comment here by midnight Tuesday, Sept. 13 with three adjectives you feel describe the Northcott quilt above. We’ll randomly pick three winners to be announced next week.
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Please come back tomorrow for Part 4 of the pattern, a “clip and flip” technique and another talented Back to School sewer introduction.
Cool, sophisticated, fun!
Happy, summery, fun
Rich, colorful, fun.
Fun, lovely, spectacular
Warm, classic, rich
Classic, masculine, warm.
Bold, sophisticated, autumnal
Sorry, I have not logged on the last two days. There is a quilt shop hop going on in
Connecticut and I was shop hopping. The fabric selection is one of my favorite
steps in making a quilt. In fact many of my friends ask for my advice when they
are not sure about a fabric. I plan to select fabric from my huge stash for this
quilt.
Stunning, soothing and gorgeous!!!!
classy fun cozy
Beautiful, classic, colorful
Funky, fabulous and fun.
Fun, Autum, Rich.
movement, bright, interesting
Young, fun, cool
The colors I picked from my stash are working up beautiful.
Elegant, warm, mellow!
Cute, cute, cute! This one may be my favorite so far! But I guess that’s only one adjective, so adorable, fun, flowery, and fascinating all are good too! Thanks for sharing!
Extraordinaire, intriguing, inviting.
I love the richness of this fabric line. Just beautiful.
Fun, cheerful, cuddly
Classic, beautiful and rich!
How about colorful, warm and classy. Love the combo and am working with a similar color scheme. Thanks alot!
I would have soooooo fussy cut that flora. Nice selection of fabrics. Mine is coming along. Should get to the borders today.
decorative, fancy & fun. Great quilt Pat!
Fun, beautiful, elegant.
comforting, fallish, warm
oh crud, what’s an adjective again…
sharp, invigorating, inspiring.
Fun, exciting, cuddly. I absolutely love the feel of all of Northcott’s Fabrics, it’s so soft, warm and cuddly and I just love the fabrics in this quilt. Hope my LQS gets them in.
Movement, shading, subtle
Colorful, contemporary, and (mmm,mmm) cozy.
fabulous,fun,and fantastic!!!!! I love it!!!!
Autumnal, grape-y, BEAUTIFUL!
feminine, warm, royal
Rich. Warm. Daisified.
very pretty!
Romantic, elegant, and rich. I will be making this quilt. Would love to make it with the same fabrics if iam able to find them. Thank you for your giveaway and chance at winning FABRIC!!
Sheri
Warm, subtle, beautiful
Sophisticated, chic, beautiful!
Warm, subdued and luscious.
Classy, sassy and elegant!
Chic, modern, and delightful. Utterly delightful!
Pretty, warm, classic.
Thanks for the opportunity.
The quilt look, inviting, cozy, and homey.
The quilt looks, inviting, cozy and homey.
Relaxing, pretty, classy.
sophisticated, surprising, elegant
bright, comfy, warm
Sophisticated. Rich. Radiant.
How’s purple, neutral, geometric!
Fantastic, flowery fairytale
crisp, vibrant, warm
I’d describe it as cozy, springy and quaintly charming!
cozy, colorful, comfortable!
Comfy, warm and feels like Fall.
I think the first ones that come to mind are; alluring, stylish, and beautiful.
I really love those fabrics and with my love of all things purple, they really are calling my name.
Warm ,adoreable, colorful Mary
Warm, inviting, cozy, feminine, different!
Wow, really like these fabrics! Need to check with my local store in case I don’t win
My first glance put me in the frame of fall coming and it isn’t going to be too bad as these fabrics/colors give a relaxing & comforting sensation of the approaching season.
I usually dread fall because of the resulting winter, but perhaps it won’t be too awful after all.
These fabrics are just great. Look so good together
Coordinated, colorful and warm. Also inviting – snuggle,snuggle.
I could really use that beautiful, amazing, and glamerious fabric.
flourishing, relaxing, magnificent, glamorous just to name a few. Absolutely beautiful!
I’d call it rich, playful and energetic.
Cheerful
Old-fashioned
Lovely!
That quilt is definitely pretty, enticing, and a real eye-stopper.
Modern, cozy, girly!
To me, these fabrics are funky, colorful, and modern.
Elegant, Stylish, and Fall-like
My three words are: Pretty. Movement. Classy.
Retro, fun, fresh
I will send my comment again as I think it didn’t go through. The three adjectives I would use to describe this quilt are springlike, dainty and pretty.
3 words… Hmmm….
Fresh, Fun, & Funky
Dramatic, sophisticated and lovely
Pretty, fresh and cheerful
feminine, romantic, inviting
Sophisticated, cheerful, fun
Fresh, Funky, Flowericious
I’m into the pops of color – the pink is great!
Beautiful arrangement of pretty flowers in a earthy edging.
Beautiful, pretty, earthy.
Mesmerizing
Spellbinding
Timeless
Elegant, modern, and colorful
Colourful, fun, vibrant.
splendid, cheerful, snuggly!
My three: whimsical, joyful and mysterious!
Floral, retro, seventies.
Bloomy, elegant and happy!
Romantic, charming, beautiful!
Love it! Old-fashioned, cozy and comforting all at the same time.
Rich, regal and royal!
welcoming,cozy,relaxing
Tiled, path, brown
Inspiring, glamourous, fresh. The use of these colors together (especially the gray) is fresh, the amethyst and emerald jewel colors are glamorous and the gorgeous border fabric is inspiring.
happy, cheerful, vibrant
striking unique contrast
The geometrical design of this Northcott fabric is wonderful.
Handsome, warm and cozy
beautiful, comfy, cozy
I’m reading through older posts. Now, this one is my favorite color variation so far!