Friday, April 15, 2016

Shenandoah Valley Botanical Album Quilt - Tiger Lily

I am sewing along with the Shenandoah Valley Botanical Quilt project - the pattern is provided by the Virginia Quilt Museum and all pattern sales benefit the museum. Dawn, from Collector with a Needle, and Doreen, from Aunt Reen’s Place, are hosting a quiltalong for this quilt, here.

The pattern size as provided by the museum easily makes 9 inch blocks. I am doing mine in wool so that I can make that size, many are enlarging the pattern and all the participant's resulting blocks are worth a look...so pretty!

This is my version of the block labelled Tiger Lily...

I'm afraid that I have taken as much artistic license with this flower in color as the designer did with shape and it is a bit unrecognizable as a tiger lily but I adore it :)   In krislovesfabric world this is an ideal flower - I want this in my flowerbed please!

 I really wanted to take a group photo outdoors but unfortunately the wind won't abate and I got tired of chasing them about the yard so I went with another kitchen shot.  The colors are much better than this photo indicate-promise!  Hopefully I will have better luck next month as I should have a pretty set of nine then!!

Linking to  SVBotanicalAlbumQuiltof1858.

10 comments:

Siouxzq64@gmail.com said...

They remind me of a cross between Easter Lilies and Day Lilies. Darn wind is relentless lately.

Dawn said...

So beautiful in wool! Your SVBAQ garden is really growing, I love seeing all of your blocks together.

Aunt 'Reen said...

Your Tiger Lily block is gorgeous in Wool!
I too love seeing all your blocks together, such a beautiful collection!

Little Quiltsong said...

Beautiful blocks! What wonderful work on them! Tiger Lilies are one of my favorite flowers - you got it spot on :)!

Carol Swift said...

I love everything in the krislovesfabric world, including your tiger lily!

Patty said...

These are just gorgeous! (My kind of a garden too - no mulch to deal with or leaves to pull.)

Karen said...

Pretty in the wool and faster too.

Linda said...

Your flower garden is beautiful and it will always be in bloom!

Soma @ inkTorrents.com said...

They look so intricate. LOVE the wool texture so much and the vibrant splashes of colours of the flowers. It will such a beautiful quilt, Kris!!

-Soma

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

Your garden is stunning!