QUILTS & FABRIC: PAST & PRESENT


Monday, November 11, 2013

Betty's William Morris Quilt

Betty McNeill brought her finished William Morris quilt
to class the other day.  Here are some detail shots.

She used a variety of William Morris reproduction prints
from her stash. For the frame around the center applique she used
a stripe from the Adelaide collection by Michele Hill, which provided
a strong contrast.

Most of the prints are from my various Moda collections.
Freda Smith machine quilted it.

It was too big to get a photo of the whole thing but
you can see it's an appliqued medallion in a large field of nine-patch patchwork.


See a free quilt pattern for the Morris Garden Nine-Patch at Moda by clicking here:


For the central rectangle she used the above pattern for the
 "Portiere" wallhanging
from Michele Hill's More William Morris Applique. 

Betty used a machine-applique technique with raw-edged, fused fabrics stitched with a machine blanket stitch, as described in the book.

Read more about the book at the C&T Publishing site:

I thought it turned out rather nicely and I was glad to help.

5 comments:

  1. Oh Barbara, thank you for sharing this. It is exquisite and contains three of my favorite things in a quilt - William Morris fabric, a medallion in the center, and nine patch blocks, which I love. This book is a definite purchase this month. I missed many of your Civil War blocks due to illness. Are they still available online, and if not, are they going into book format? Thanks.

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  2. Nancy - the 2011 block of the week is available in a book. Civil War Sampler. The 2013 Block of the month is still going and the blocks are still available here:

    http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com

    Do buy Michele Hill's book if you
    love William Morris

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  3. Isn't it beautiful? Applique can just make a quilt dance with life.
    Thanks for sharing all you do with us Barbara.

    JulieinTN

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  4. Beautiful!!

    I've just begun collecting CW reproduction fabrics, and have been trying to decide where to start. The appliqué is a little more than I can imagine myself doing, but may try those 9 patch blocks.

    It's all so overwhelming :-)

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