Squeaky can not resist a freshly ironed quilt top

Leaves
This project started with the batik print which is a leaf print. I really enjoyed the Robbing Peter to Pay Paul applique work.
I started with batik and the three solids and just kept working until I was closed to being out of fabric. I have enough blue for binding. It has turned out to be 62"x62". A nice size for the back of a sofa.
The longer I worked on this top the colors reminded me more of sea glass than foliage.
To be quilted in the autumn.

Growing leaves

There are so many things about this project that I love. It is an ideal warm weather project. Instead of my being draped in three layers of fabric on a warm day, each 8" square is hand appliqued. I am machine sewing strips together. It is portable. Each square of the batik has different colorings. When I want a mindless project, it's there.

The beige appliques are the center of the piece. Once the medium blue rows are complete, I make a decision about where to go next - repeat the beige or aqua? borders?

Beginning of Leaves

Most of my work is client quilting and repairs. This is a rare example of a start to finish quilt done by me. I hand quilted a beautiful Robbing Peter to pay Paul customer quilt this January. As I worked on it, I admired the applique construction instead of curved seams. Every time I went to my fabric stash I was thinking about st arting one with this applique technique. I came across this green/teal/beige leaf batik and thought of a friend I wanted to make a quilt for.



This is the center of the quilt. I will be working out from this center changing the applique piece colors.