Petal Junction- New from Highway 10 Designs

Kathy and I are very excited to announce the newest pattern offering from Highway 10 Designs called Petal Junction. 

Petal Junction was designed with large blocks to showcase the beautiful fabrics prints we all love on the bolt and hate to cut into small pieces.  The pattern instructions easily keep directional prints upright. The pattern includes seven sizes from Toddler to King and as always is available as a PDF download or in paper format.

Instructions are included for using both Fat Quarter or Half Yard bundles for the focus fabrics.  The background can be a single fabric, a variety of coordinating Fat Quarters or totally scrappy.  The instructions also include a fabric and time saving bonus idea.

I have a number of samples to show and first up is the cover quilt that was made by one of our wonderful testers - the fabulous Reneta.  Reneta selected a wonderful line of fabric called Harmony from Riley Blake Designs.   There are a number of one way directional prints in the collection and Petal Junction accommodated them with ease.

Reneta made the throw size quilt using 20 Fat Quarters and selected the Calder pantograph for the quilting.

Next up is a quilt from another tester - our awesome Amy.  Amy made the lap size quilt and selected the Figo Fabrics Desert Wilderness collection.  She chose a different layout than Reneta did for hers. 

Kathy dug into her Art Gallery fabric stash and chose some of her favorite pieces from the Kismet and Homebody collections for her two samples.  I think quilters often feel they should keep a collection together when it arrives tied with a pretty ribbon, but mixing and matching can make things even better!  They look so different with a dark versus a light background!

For the light version Kathy opted to use a selection of low volume Fat Quarters to add interest to the background.

I love seeing a big piece of those gorgeous floral prints in the block centres!

Add last but not least for today is a sample I made in the Primavera collection from Figo Fabrics.  

During the construction process we suggest that you sew an extra seam at times to create some Bonus HST from what would otherwise becomes scraps.  With the HSTs that I made and some squares cut from the bits of remaining fabric I was able to create a few small projects. (The larger the quilt the more HSTs you will have for another day.)

My youngest daughter moved into her first apartment and she received a hand me down freezer from her brother in law that had seen some life, so I made this cute little topper to pretty it up, along with some coordinating hot pads.

I will be sharing more about another Petal Junction quilt that I made in my next post, but here is a sneak peek for now...