Sunshine and Chamomile Fabric Tour

Happy Wednesday - welcome to the Poppie Cotton Sunshine and Chamomile Fabric Tour! I am thrilled to be today's stop on the tour - thank you so much for visiting. If you are a regular reader and you are wondering - yes, I am still in New Zealand....I wrote and scheduled this post before I left...so, while you are reading this, my New Zealand itinerary says I will be exploring the Nile River glowworm caves and hiking the Paparoa National Park today. 

I have a very special lap quilt to share (and a little needlebook and project bag too!), created with the new Sunshine and Chamomile Fabric Collection by Poppie Cotton. I was thrilled to put on my quilt designer hat again and work with these bright and happy prints. This brand new collection (shipping to shops this month) features fabulous hexagon prints and gorgeous florals...all done in a cheerful color pallet. It was a joy working on this project, as I recently started converting my original cross stitch designs to quilting patterns (a dream of mine for a while) and this quilt features five blocks from my cross stitch design Comfort and Joy. Creating this quilt definitely made my heart smile! I combined my cross stitch chart title and the name of this fabric collection for the name of my quilt...so, without further ado...

 Sunshine and Joy

I titled my lap quilt (or wall hanging...or what I am going to use it for, a picnic quilt) "Sunshine and Joy" - this quilt was built around my original cross stitch design "Comfort and Joy" and a basic pieced quilt block. It was made with traditional piecing. Nine blocks make of up my lap quilt along with sashing and cornerstones - giving it a finished size of 47" x 47" and borders could be added to make it larger. I used a fat quarter stack and a little bit of Country Confetti (Marshmallow White) yardage for the background...and Gingham Picnic in Grass for the stems and Barnyard Bandana in Buckle Brown for the bird beak and legs. If there is interest, I will write a pattern for this happy quilt upon my return.

Upon completion of my quilt, I was compelled to work with some of my leftover fabric pieces and made the sweetest little needlebook with pockets inside...along with a small zippered project bag using one of the focal fabrics. Check out the Poppie Cotton Chicken Flower Charm zipper pull on the little project bag - isn't it CUTE?! I even fussy cut a little heart and appliqued it on the first wool page of the needlebook. An adorable little set for a stitcher...I may need to make more of these for special holiday gifts...

I hope you have enjoyed this stop on the fabric tour and are feeling inspired - thank you for visiting with me today. If you love this fabric collection, be sure to check out your favorite quilt shop - Sunshine and Chamomile is shipping now. If you are interested in the pattern, drop me a note - if there is enough interest I'll put one together....