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Green Fan Quilt

Posted on March 21, 2009March 22, 2009 by Martha

You may recognize this quilt which appears on the cover of the book, American Quilt Classics, from the collection of Patricia Cox. I copied almost everything about the Cox quilt except the quilting pattern. This is one of the first projects I started when I began to quilt again, and the fabrics I used are almost all reproductions. After I had cut out all the fan blades, I became interested in collecting real vintage fabric to make my quilts. Consequently, this project languished for years while I worked on other quilts until I finally picked it up again in 2007. I actually do like it (even if the fabrics aren’t truly vintage) and I especially like the quilting pattern which is an abstract tree and leaf adapted from one of Helen Squire’s designs. I love lots of the quilts in the Cox book — it’s one of my favorites.

Green Fan Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2007
machine pieced, hand quilted
68″ x 78″

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6 thoughts on “Green Fan Quilt”

  1. Amy says:
    March 21, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    This quilt is really gorgeous. And all that detailed hand quilting! I only recently took a class on hand quilting and have yet to try it on a real project. Maybe this will inspire me!

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  2. Martha says:
    March 21, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    Thank you, Amy — I also love your quilts — I just wish I could machine quilt anything as beautiful as Back to Amsterdam! I think you might enjoy hand quilting — I didn’t have the patience when I was young, but now I find it relaxing — almost therapeutic.

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  3. Bunny says:
    March 23, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Quilting stitching just amazes me. That looks so intricate and detailed. I have always loved fan quilts, I like how the blocks can be put together in so many different ways, how many patterns can be placed throughout the quilt. Mom made a fan quilt a couple of years ago and we had lots of fun arranging and rearranging the blocks!

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  4. Jan says:
    March 23, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    Martha, your quilting is beautiful! It really adds to the lovliness of the whole effect! The bright green is a great accent color, too. Another fabulous quilt!

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  5. Martha says:
    March 24, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    Thanks Bunny & Jan — Of course I agree about the fan pattern — it is very versatile and I’ve always loved it. Originally I wasn’t very pleased with this top. I do try to be a little more creative now and not make exact copies of published quilts — at least I changed the quilting pattern!

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  6. kathie says:
    May 9, 2009 at 12:51 am

    I love this quilt and just decided I would love to make it too!
    This is one of my favorite books too!
    your quilting of this quilt is amazing!
    thanks so much for the inspiration.
    Kathie

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