Improv Tumblers and Fans at the Des Moines Modern Quilt Guild

A month ago I taught at the Des Moines Modern Quilt Guild.  I had big plans for my class - amazing ideas for visual aids...and then I got sick.  My plans and ideas got smaller and smaller and more and more basic.  However, it worked out just fine (although I must admit that I had my doubts in the week leading up to the meeting).

I showed the ladies of our guild how to make improv fans and tumblers.  I think improv fans are my new favorite block and tomorrow I will post step by step instructions for making your own improv fan block as part of the Skill Builder Sampler.  See you then!

Baby Jane's Quilt

1. Pink of fall, 2. love, 3. pink leaves, 4. CIMG2593, 5. autumn leaves, 

6. leaves, 7. Halloween on Molokai, 8. Orange Leaf, 9. Pink Leaves

I would never have pegged pink as a fall color, but last month I noticed the leaves on one of our trees had definitely turned pink - not red.  I didn't take a picture, but I searched on flickr and found many more pink leaf pictures - it wasn't just me who had pink leaves .  Why the pink leaf interest?

That is Plants - not Rants - for sale.  :)

Because of Baby Jane's new tumbler quilt!  A new niece is on the way and so I "had" to make her a little quilt. My SIL is decorating the nursery in pinks and orange - love the combo - and the more I worked with those colors the more I was reminded of the more subtle colors and changing leaves outside.  As an added bonus, I was able to pull all of these beautiful fabrics out of my stash! - many of them are from the Meadowsweet line (oh, how I love working with them).

The backing was pieced out of Heather Bailey Bijoux and Meadowsweet Henna fabric.

The finishing touch was the double border.  I attached a flange of fushia and then finished with orange binding.  I love how it turned out - although next time I will only cut the binding 2 inches wide.

The quilt is approx. 36 x 46 inches.
I hope you enjoy it Baby Jane!

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