Nha means House

Here’s my latest quilt for my good friend, Quyen.  She is just the coolest person around that I know here and I love her and her family to bits and pieces!  I just gave her the quilt last night so I can post her quilt up.  We both just love the fabric on the back. It’s an Asian print of butterflies and dahlias.  So pretty.  The front is a combinations of different fabrics but mainly Joel Dewberry (Orchids and Butterfly print) both in green and dark fuchsia, and then I threw in some Amy Butlers and a few other that I have been collecting the past few months. The white is from Kona. 

Here’s a close up of it

This quilt was surprisedly quick to make, it only took me one day to cut all the fabric and sew them together and another day to quilt it and then two days to hand bind it.  I came across this pattern when Wise Craft featured this Marquee pattern from this book, The Modem Quilt Workshop, written by Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle last year and I saved the link for future reference.  Last month I was over at Raindrop Stitches’s house and she had the book, and I was able to thumb through it and fell in love with the book. Lots of great patterns and easy instructions to understand.  This is a great book to add to your quilt library.  I’m already planning another quilt from this book, but first I need to finish my tea towel swap and whip up another baby quilt for a baby shower in two weeks!

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