52 Blocks in 52 Weeks

This is Syndey's verison of the "52 Blocks in 52 Weeks" pattern that was a quilt-a-long with the Canadian Quilter's Association in 2019.  (The pattern is now available to purchase from Jackie White Quilts.)

Sydney pulled her colour palette from the focus fabric she used in the border and in all of her blocks.

She selected the Macrame pantograph and decided she liked how it looked running vertically instead of the more standard side to side orientation.  It adds some nice motion but still lets all the blocks be the star of the show.

Buried Treasure

This stunner was made by Zandra.  The base pattern is called Buried Treasure by April Rosenthal and it came from and issue of  American Patchwork and Quilting from a number of years ago.  Zandra enlarged the pattern and added the borders to make the queen size quilt she desired.

Zandra selected the Macrame pantograph and this was the first opportunity I had to stitch it out on a quilt.  I love the gentle movement it added and the scale seemed just right for these blocks

Zandra's colour value placement really adds to the drama of the quilt.  The borders carry on the theme and add a lot to the finished quilt.