Foxflower

Kay -- no pattern. I "inherited" 13 sues from my husband's grandmother's estate because neither of her daughters wanted to make something with them but thankfully didn't toss them. I've had them about 10 years myself before figuring out what to do with them. I finished the embroidery on them and added a hand to one. The embroidery patterns I used came mostly from clip art and I did them in such a way as my embroidery would be indistingishable to most eyes as being completed by a different person. Then I had to decide on a setting and trim them to size since they weren't the same size or square. I chose the irish chain setting--it fit the size I had to trim to for the most part, the number of blocks I had, and I love that pattern. By making it controlled scrappy (notice the color arrangement around each sue?) I was able to incorporate all 13 sues well and use the 2.5" squares of vintage fabric I had. I then came up with the border and drew the vine and flowers. The butterflies I used on the border did come from a book. I have a tendency to "build" quilts as I go along. This is probably my favorite quilt so far. I am planning to have this professionally quilted (hopefully this summer).