Midnight Tulips

 After the Sisters show, we had Sarah Fielke come and teach us at Calico Creations in Mount Vernon. She had flown from Sidney to Sisters and then would fly out of Seattle. Sarah began Material Obsession with Kathy Doughty. Having taken classes from both, it is shocking how different they are.

Here she is using my blocks to show the unusually block layout. It employs the use of partial seams and little stair-step blocks. The individual tulips are difficult to make because they have a Y-seam construction.

But after you make 100 of them, you become accomplished at Y-seams.

The plastic templates were helpful in this pattern because the seam allowances have to be perfect.

Here it is finished in my sewing room.

I loved making this piece of art. I don't mind putting in the work if it turns out well.