Petite Fleurs Quilt

Petite Fleurs Quilt- "Millhouse Inn "

Petite Fleurs Quilt   by Susie's Sunroom

Was it cold outside recently?  I must have missed it , while sewing away in my sunroom,  working  on my Petite Fleurs quilt!!

Here are the quilt stats:

Pattern:    Petite Fleurs     by Fig Tree & Co   Joanna Figueroa   available here
Fabrics:    Millhouse Inn   Fig Tree & Company  by Moda  (2008)  - in my stash!
Size:    -   65" x 74"   after washing 
Batting:   Warm and Natural 100% cotton
Thread:   Aurifil  #2024  50 weight
Quilting:   the "S" serpentine stitch on my Viking Topaz  and a rose leaf motif on the border (fmq)

The back of the quilt   - featuring the currant colorway

What's a currant ? In case you were wondering....

Currants

I pieced the backing.... featuring the Fig Tree currant colors

It was a fun journey making this quilt!  I love Joanna Figueroa's strip method of putting the blocks together.   I fell in love with each little block!

I used two different "clotted cream" background fabrics

And, I couldn't help but get out my vintage Nancy Drew "The Moss Covered Mansion" book....    these fabrics just belong in an old inn....

My mother's Nancy Drew book.... The Moss Covered Mansion

Petite Fleurs Quilt.... in Millhouse Inn fabrics   by Susie's Sunroom

I decided to be brave, and try some free motion quilting on the borders.
  I made up a simple rose leaf motif (of three leaves), and marked them with a washable magic marker to show me where to quilt.  (It did make some crinkles, so I was happy.)

One thing that never stresses me while quilting, is using the beautiful Aurifil thread!!

Close up of the "S" serpintine quilting  ( as seen from the back of quilt)

I think my Millhouse Inn Petite Fleurs quilt
gets the seal of approval from Whiskers

  While sewing my binding on , I realized that the blocks made from the darker colors create round shapes!  This month's challenge, at the  Le Challenge blog, is ROUND !  I have submitted it for this month's challenge.   You can see the other beautiful  entries for this  challenge HERE.

A Round block....
 oh, and a Deluxe Pincushion
in Millhouse Inn fabric scraps!
Deluxe Pincushion design by  Heidi Staples from  Sew Organized for the Busy Girl book

This  finished Petite Fleurs Quilt is a " Completed!" goal  for my February OMG - 
 One Monthly Goal.... at   Red Letter Quilts blog!
                                            

I'm off to my sewing room!

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