Dance of the Dragonflies Quilt

Block Magazine, Winter 2014 edition, from the Missouri Star Quilt Co. profiled a strip pieced, half square triangle quilt with an unusual twist. It's called Cutting Corners and as Jenny states, "...its gorgeously simple." The quilt blocks were surprisingly easy to put together. In fact, there are several layouts that one can experiment. I selected four batik and green tonal fabrics which seemed to fit this lap size quilt perfectly. The colors combined to give the quilt a random design. The colors and texture of the fabrics were inspired by the sights and sounds of lazy summer days by a lakeside cabin. I added a piano key border with the leftover strips. Then, I machine quilted an all over design of dragonflies and flowers with blue/green variegated thread on my embroidery machine. Jennie Doan's Cutting Corners would be a great pattern for both the novice and veteran quilter to try because of the design elements, eye catching appearance and versatility. Already thinking of trying this in another color way.