Have you seen my “A Sprinkle of Spring” quilt featured as a bonus pattern in the May/June 2012 issue of Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting? “A Sprinkle of Spring” quilt is my tribute to my all you quilters that also garden! The pattern is offered right now as a free pattern at Fons and Porter‘s website, but you would have to sign in in order to access the pattern.
In the picture below, you see the light shining through the back of the quilt. That hint of yellow shows the bright yellow fabric I used as the quilt backing.
It is a pieced and applique quilt. Applique method was machine fusible. I used Steam-a-Seam2 by Warm Company for the fusible web. The watering cans are what I love best about this quilt.
A closer look shows the watering cans doing what they are supposed to do – watering. :)
The quilt is made using RJR‘s Garden Frolic fabrics.
You may recall I have another quilt, What’s the Buzz, that was made with fabrics from the same collection.
Here you can see up-close the buttonhole stitches in a contrasting thread (for visual purposes) I did on the appliqued flowers. You may click here and here to read a bit more about how I do my fusible machine applique.
Quilting was lighthearted! I almost exclusively use Aurifil Mako 50 Cotton threads to quilt my quilts these days, over Hobbs Tuscany Silk batting because the combination just works so well for me.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have liked “A Sprinkle of Spring”! :) That’s it for now.
Ivory Spring 
Love this quilt! Oh, I think I just gotta make this one!!! Enjoy your blog so much!
What a fun and cheerful quilt. Lucky magazine to be able to have your quilt on their cover. I will definitely pick up this issue. Love it! Great design, fun fabrics, beautifully quilted.
SewCalGal
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I love the little hearts you’ve quilted in! cheerful as all get out!
I love this quilt…………another one to go on to do list….whew…..
want to look for fabric soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so a cheerful and happy quilt!!!!
How pretty your quilting is, once again. What an adorable quilt. How cool that it’s in the current “Love of Quilting”! A quilt I quilted is in the current issue of Fons & Porter’s “Scrap Quilts”! I’m knuckle-fisting you!
Love the watering cans. So cute.
I love this sweet quilt! You know I’m a gardener, so how can I resist? How wonderful for you to have your quilt published in Fons and Porter…that’s a great magazine!
Fun whimsical quilt!
Help! Wendy, can you tell us how to find it when we get logged in at F&P? I tried but can’t find it……seem to usually have trouble finding things on their site. Love their mag and have subbed for years but the site is a problem. Thanks!!
Cancel that call for help! I found it…..click on Free Quilt Patterns, Bonus Quilts and there it is. I just didn’t go far enough!
Lovely and fresh pattern, Wendy :) Thank you for the pattern. Happy crafting, Jenny
Awesome quilt for spring! Thanks for the tutorials. Lots of good tips!
Your watering cans are adorable; especially with the hand-stitched water sprinkling out of them. I never would have thought of black fabric for a Spring themed quilt, but it’s perfect. It kind of gives me a Mary Engelbreit vibe. Very cheerful!
Binding question: How wide is your red binding? How come it doesn’t cover any part of the blocks along the edges of the quilt? Do you attach an outer border to your quilt top the width you plan for your binding to be, so only the border gets hidden and covered? I have only ever done 1/4″ bindings and have always wondered how to do a wider one without “losing” the outer edges of the quilt top.
It is such a “happy” quilt. The theme is darling and your work is as beautiful and detailed as ever.
So cute! I love the meandering heart/leaf quilting. I think I could actually do that one!! :-)
What a “sunny” quilt, another one my Mom would love especially as she can no longer garden.
Such a summery quilt! I got my issue but haven’t look through yet!
What a sweetheart of a quilt!!! I just love it’s summery burst of colors and gardeny goodness! (Is “gardeny” a word? If not, it should be!) LOL!!!
THis is perfect! I’m going to download it to make for my Mother In Law who is a quilter who also gardens. Thanks for sharing!
That’s so cute! I love the watering can, but I especially love the heart shapes in the quilting.
Hi Wendy! Oh how fabulous! I missed being able to write you a note on your post “What’s the Buzz”, but I LOVE what you did with my fabric collection from RJR :) and this one is equally adorable! Love love love the little watering cans :) My love of gardening prompted parts of this collection. Rose, hydrangeas, daisies and lilies are amongst my favorite flowers!
Thank you so much for the beautiful work you have done!
How lovely quilts and so colorful!
What a fun quilt. The watering cans are great, but I absolutely love the flowers with their featured heart shaped centres. Thank you for sharing.
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