I love quilts with leaf blocks. Scattered Leaves, the first quilt pattern I ever wrote featured leaf blocks, and I've written a few more over the years. When Island Batik sent me an advance peek of their Earth Essence collection, I couldn't help myslef. I designed another leaf quilt.
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Field of Leaves by Canuck Quilter Designs. Fabrics from Earth Essence by Island Batik, a division of Lumin Fabrics Photo by Jerry Khiev of Lumin Fabrics |
I'm really pleased with the leaf block in this one. In many of my previous leaf quilts there was a tiny bit of paper-piecing in the center leaf tip. This one is FPP-free. Stitch-and-flip corners make all the angles super simple.
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Closeup of leaf block in Field of Leaves Fabrics from Earth Essence from Island Batik, a division of Lumin Fabrics |
I had to fiddle a little bit with a frame around the leaf to get the leaf centered in the setting I chose, but I think it was worth it.
The alternate blocks could not be simpler. They are squares cut from strip sets. Easy peasy.![]() |
Field of Leaves by Canuck Quilter Designs Fabrics from Earth Essence from Island Batik, a division of Lumin Fabrics |
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Field Of Leaves quilt top made by Anja of Anja Quilts |
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Field of Leaves is available as a pattern download in my Etsy shop, or you can ask your favorite quilt shop for a print version. |
Joanne ... Both are fantastic!! The batiks give a nice shading difference in the field strips. When I saw the R+W, I thought, yea for you, for another Canadian quilt! Then I saw Anja made it and was going to ask you if she was Canadian. Got my answer when I checked her link. Right now, we need more Canadian patriotic quilts! :)
ReplyDeleteThat’s a great pattern. The batiks work really well . The red & white version in the colours of the Canadian flag is quite striking.
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