Back in the studio!

I'm back from my summer of driving shuttle buses in Glacier National Park and ready to work in the studio. And what better way to begin than by doing a commissioned quilt for my friend Sherry. 

A couple of hours in the fabric store resulted in these beautiful batiks.

 The fabric has been cut and is ready to sew. 

Strip sets have been made and are ready to cut for nine-patches.

The nine patches are done and the blocks are ready to sew together.

The first four rows are sewn together for the upper left corner of the quilt. (Notice the rows are sewn together on the diagonal so the blocks are all on point.)
Stay tuned for more progress pictures in the coming days. 

The pattern Sherry chose is from the book Tradition with a Twist by Blanche Young and her daughter Dalene Young Stone. I told myself that I was never going to make the same quilt twice. However this will be my third Blooming Nine-Patch quilt. I love this pattern for the effects one can achieve with color. I did change the pattern by adding an extra row of nine-patch blocks therefore using nine fabrics instead of eight as called for in the pattern.