Yoyoville

 

I recently had the pleasure of working on this beauty for Cathy.  All I can say is that this queen size quilt was a labour or love - many, many hand stitches went into the applique and yoyos.  The pattern is called Yoyoville by Bunny Hill Designs.   The original pattern is for a twin sized quilt, but Cathy enlarged it to a generous queen at 100" x 106".

Yoyos are used in the main body of the quilt as well as in the borders for the trees and flowers.  When looking for quilting design inspiration online  I did not find very many of these quilts that had reached the finish line.  I can imagine that they are sitting in many quiler's unfinished project piles.

Continuous curves were the choice for the body of the quilt. I love the diagonal line that was formed by quilting through the centre of the small square instead of around the edge.

 

The houses were stitched around the centre and through the roofline, as well as around the flower stems,  and the wavy line fill came as close to the yoyos as I could manage.

Cathy chose the molar feather design for the two white borders, and the colored borders were narrow enough to only require stitching in the ditch.

Cathy provided wool batting for this quilt, and it provided glorious loft.  Wool batting is more expensive, but there are times when it is worth the splurge and I think this was one of them.

Cathy found the perfect dusty purple backing for the quilt.