Backyard Roses Blog Tour

Good Morning!!! Today is my stop on the Backyard Roses Blog Tour. I'm sharing a project I made using the beautiful new fabric Backyard Roses created by my friend Nadra Ridgeway of Ellis & Higgs for Riley Blake Designs.

This fabric has such a sweet vintage feel to it. There are rich, saturated colors as well as softer, more pastel colors. I love it! I knew right away I wanted to make a Lone Star quilt with it. The colors really reminded me of a vintage Lone Star quilt.

I took pictures of the entire process in hopes of sharing a tutorial for it sometime in the future. I thought this looked really neat. I love the red center star.

So after I got the star finished I had so many ideas of what to do next I made up a few different options to see what I liked best. I wanted to use some applique on the set in corner squares and maybe even the triangles too. I tried birds first. 

I didn't like my first 2 attempts at all. After the time and work that goes into the Lone Star I really wanted to make this just right as well as show case these pretty fabrics.

I did like these birds but I decided against them all together. 

I decided to fussy cut the beautiful roses from the larger floral prints. I used the checked and striped fabric as baskets. I appliqued them to Riley Blake baby pink Swiss Dots. 

Later, I embroidered handles on the blocks with a brown colored embroidery floss.

I thought a lot about making a round robin style quilt. 

I made some Churn Dash blocks to go around the center star. I liked it a lot. 

I was going to add Lemoyne Star blocks to the corners of that round. I laid it out and let it sit for a few days. I decided on simplicity instead and made a wall hanging to showcase the Lone Star. 

I quilted in the ditch following the star's seams as my guide. 

I'm so happy with it. 

I was going to stipple but I was afraid it would take away from the star. 

I used a scrappy binding and I think it turned out really cute. 

I have plans to use those Churn Dash blocks and appliques pieces for another quilt. I am going to use every little scrap of this beautiful fabric!

Thanks so much to Nadra for asking me to be part of this fun blog tour! Please check out the other bloggers sewing pretty things with Backyard Roses!

4/18 - Riley Blake Designs

4/19 - Emily Ann's Kloset

4/20 - La La La Patchwork

4/21 - Simple Simon & Co.

4/22 - Down Grapevine Lane

4/23 - Veni Vidi Vicky

4/25 - Why Not Sew

4/26 - Jedi Craft Girl

4/27 - Allie & Me

4/28 - She Quilts a Lot

4/29 - Lilabelle Lane

4/30 - Das mach ich Nachts

5/2 - Tied with a Ribbon

5/3 - Mommy by Day Crafter by Night

5/4 - Carried Away Quilting

5/5 - September's Quilt Delight

5/6 - Oh How Sweet

5/7 - Schnig Schnag Quilts & More

5/9 - A Spoonful of Sugar

5/10 - Greenfietsen

5/11 - A Bright Corner

5/12 - Ellis & Higgs

Happy Sewing!

xo Erin