Paris Again.
Posted on | June 13, 2025 | 7 Comments
Paris the fabric, not the city. Although I would enjoy being in Paris.
I have been using the left over Dance in Paris fabric. I made another quilt over two years ago but still had a fair bit left from the fat quarter bundle. There was enough to make this quilt. It is called Fat Quarter Fancy and is a free pattern through Sew Can She.
I think I changed the size to make it slightly smaller so that I could use the fabric I had left- only maybe half an inch off .
It is a very easy pattern to adjust.
I didn’t do a lot of quilting, just straight lines following the seams.
I had enough of one of the green fabrics to do the binding.
I had this bird fabric that I liked, so this quilt was the lucky recipient.
It was one that I didn’t want to cut up, so a backing was the perfect way to use it.
I like it when I can get two good sized quilts out of a fat quarter pack.
Next up, I am playing with hexagons. This is very unusual for me, but the bug has bitten.
I saw a design called Tussie Mussie by Emma Jean Janson, and loved the colours and the different backgrounds. This is my progress so far.
I will need to sort some backgrounds soon to go with these.
Heading in a different direction now, our citrus trees have been very productive this year. We have started picking the ripe mandarins by the bucketful. For a small tree they produce a lot of fruit. We are giving lots away so that they are not wasted.
I love being able to pick fresh fruit in Winter. In another month our oranges should be ready.
Have a lovely weekend. Cheers, Karen
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Great that you could get another quilt out of your Dance in Paris fabric! I made a quilt out of that fabric, too–love it!!! The birds are too cute! Perfect way to use them without cutting them up. Wonderful orange tree!!! Our family in California enjoy orange trees in their yards, too. Here in Minnesota, we’re more apple tree region.
Congrats on the finish! It’s beautiful, I love it! Well done on using up the fabric. Look at all those yummy oranges! Are they sweet? BIL next door has a mandarin tree and the fruit is the worst sour ever! lol
Oh Karen, all those mandarins! They must love where they live!?! We’ve had a couple of little limes off our young tree. I guess we will wait for a stronger tree for more next year.
And the Paris fabric quilt is lovely! That seems like a very doable pattern. Maybe I will use some of my fabric to make one of those?? Thanks for sharing the pattern details. And the backing is spot-on perfect. Stay warm; it has been cold here this weekend!
Very pretty quilt, and I love those birds, too. Your mandarins are amazing!
Lots of fruit on your orange tree. That quilt is lovely, a great one for using up what you have and I love the backing fabric.
I love your quilt and thank you for the link….. I could go down the rabbit hole on her patterns!!! Lovely mandarins, we didn’t have many on our tree this year… love your pretty hexagons…
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That’s a gorgeous pattern using up your Paris fabrics. We went to Paris, part of a whizz bang 8 day 6 countries coach trip, and I ordered snails when we dined out with the group! Very brave of me, I thought. How wonderful to have citrus trees I your garden.