GFG Future Outlook

I have stitched enough of my flower garden quilt that I wanted to see how it would look on the bed. And this, naturally, brings up more questions than answers. What I do know is that I will make a quilt to fit a full-size bed, and the flowers will appear only on the top. The outlook is that I have plenty more to make and consider.

This picture shows that I have the vertical direction just about spot on. Each of the three columns on the left are (mostly) sewn together. Nine flowers vertically seems to be just about right. I am 'guess-timating' that I will have seven flowers on the width, meaning I need 72 flowers.

Ahem...make more flowers. I stopped when I had 57. Fifteen more to make. I had no idea of how many flowers would be required to make a quilt, and now I know that 57 is not enough. 

I could finagle a way to avoid making more flowers by putting a medallion of some sort in the center. I could also use fewer flower either in the length or the width or both.

You wanna' know something, though? I will make more flowers. If I'm going to the trouble of making a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt, then by gosh, it's gonna' be authentic. And, honestly, I like making these flowers. The combinations are fun to put together. A bit of shopping in recent weeks has found me in possession of some colorful fat quarters that will work nicely as hexie flowers. It will be a pleasure to whip out more flowers. When I gaze upon my finished quilt, I will see sprinkled about a few flowers reminding me that I made it in Florida with fabrics purchased in Florida. *smiles*

I've been pondering border options since laying out all these flowers on the bed. As yet, I have no definitive plans for how I will treat my borders. I will gladly take suggestions from you brainiac readers. 

I remember a long time ago, I stopped working on a quilt when I couldn't figure out how to treat uneven edges. Actually, you can look at the quilt I'm referring to in my header. I did NOT want to cut those stars in half! The same principle holds true for this quilt. I don't want to deconstruct any of my flowers. 

Sure, I could make half-flowers. The though of that is not overly appealing at this point in time, but maybe. I could also reverse applique a solid border onto the flowers. I would need to plan on having flower edges all around (no paths) and perhaps the border would be a narrow one that mimics the fabric of the paths. Or maybe do a path all around, then applique a narrow inner border of green. Then do an outer border or two with attractive florals or stripes or vines, let's say. So many options!

All to be determined later. For now, let's just keep making flowers and paths and stitching them together.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne