Africana

 I have been collecting African wax prints for some years and have decided now is the time to use them and then get rid of the scraps. I think Quilts for Care Leavers want them.

I cut squares in half and joined two different halves with a diagonal strip then stitched them centre out QAYG onto a width of wadding and backing. 

I added more quilting to the large triangles then I joined these quilted striped blocks with with sashing. Easy, quick and effective. The size is suitable for Q4CL but the quilt will have a turn on my sales table first.

Africana Rows 48.5x72"

I was very taken with Zen Chic's video of making the Cosmo Quilt and bought the pattern I also bought bought fat quarter sets of Olive You and Yet more Paper collections with a view to a copy cat version and also of Fragmental, subject of a recent Zen Chic quiltalong.

First though a tryout with remainingAfrican wax prints, What a simple pattern but how effective and, because of the large pieces, how relatively speedy. The quilting posed a problem but in the end I went for simple and I am pleased. I thought of lots more lines but thought that might be too linear. I did outline a walking foot width along either side of the zigzags though to give it more structure. 

Africana Cosmo 63x70.5"

I cut leftovers into 4.5" squares and the Cosmo "waste" HSTs into 4.5" HSTs. These leader enders (aka Bonnie hunter) were sewn into pairs and then four patches now joined for a third quilt.

Detail

Africana Squared top 52x60"