A New Pattern - Gemstone Tumble

I had been holding onto a bundle of fabric for such a long time, waiting for the stars to align to give me a block of time to make something from it.
The fabric is called Blueberry Park by Karen Lewis for Robert Kaufman.

Grab the pattern here!

I had an idea for a block for some time that involved foundation piecing.
This is my test block!



The colours are so wonderful in Blueberry Park I really wanted to do them justice
and also create a rainbow quilt of course!



Lots of cutting and lots of sewing was involved but I enjoyed working with fabrics so different from my own.



And finally the quilt top was finished.
I just needed to decide how to quilt it.



In the end I choose to do lots and lots of straight lines diagonally across the quilt.
Simple yet very effective.



For the backing I choose a Carolyn Friedlander fabric
and another Blue Berry Park fabric for the binding.



The finished Quilt!

The finished quilt size is 2.05cms x 2.05cms (80'' x 80'')