The Indy Modern Quilt Guild coordinated the local Madrona Road Challenge this past winter. The challenge was to create something out of the fabrics given away by Michael Miller Fabrics. All of the fabrics for this year's challenge were from the Madrona Road by Violet Craft line.After making my first quilt, I was itching to start another, so this was the perfect opportunity. I received my fabrics in December, and the project had to be done by the end of January - not a long time to finish a quilt, but I liked the challenge. The fabrics were mainly yellow and gray based - not a color scheme I would necessarily chosen, but I liked the bright yellow to lighten up the long winter.
Cat helped me cut out the pieces.
I used the pattern "Nordic Star Quilt" from the Shape Workshop for Quilters book as the main design feature. It involved making lots of angular petals for the flower blocks.
Then I sewed them all together in a ring to make the outer part of the fabric, and appliqued each flower onto the grey backing fabric.
The final product was inspected for quality by Official Quilt Inspector Kitten - Cadence, the Black Arm of Death (that's her full name). She found it to be mildly acceptable (high praise from her).
I bought additional Madrona Road fabric for the backing and binding.
Ta da! My second quilt, all finished up.
