A Folk Medallion Quilt : :

This Summer has been much busier than I ever anticipated, and this past weekend was no exception. Swimming, picnics, & parties - it was so much fun! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, too!



I had big plans to take my finished Folk Medallion Quilt along for picture taking, but kept forgetting to grab it each time we headed out the door. This quilt, made with the last of my Wild & Free fabric strike-offs for my Fall Quilt Market booth months ago, has such an Americana feel. It was too perfect a weekend not to share it here today, thankfully we found a few extra minutes to venture out with it last night.



The pattern is just a jumble of different ideas really. I started with the center medallion patchwork, unsure if I was making a pillow or quilt at first. But with limited fabric and time, decided to combine several of my different works in progress to make a sampler style quilt.



This quilt showcases so much of what I love most about Wild & Free. Especially how well the denim-y blue Folk Plaid print works so well with all the colors! For those blocks I simply framed 8" cut squares of plaid with several different shades of my favorite Pure Element colors.



I think my most favorite part is this row of improv patchwork along the bottom! I still hope to create an entire Wild & Free quilt in this style someday.



For the binding I used both a Bari J. honey yellow print and my Sun Tracks print. I made sure to alternate the corners with each print and love the effect!





For some extra added patriotism, and to represent my Midnight Roof stars print that didn't make it into this quilt because I had already run out, I chose an allover loops and stars quilting pattern by Sew Shabby Quilting. I love it!



You can find more photos of this quilt in my Wild and Free fabric Look Book by Art Gallery Fabrics! Here's one of my favorites!!

Sharing these photos today means we can finally start using this quilt, hooray! I wish you all a wonderful start to the new week!

♡ Maureen