Quick Curve Ruler Drunkards Path Quilt (#89)

Lots of scraps from Kate Spain's Terrain collection makes this beautiful bright quilt.

The strong pink & orange colors really stand out against Kona white and luckily I had enough dark blue from the same collection to add some balance.

Every unit in the flower block and the small drunkards path pieces were trimmed to 4" x 4".

The flower curves were made with the Quick Curved Ruler and the smaller drunkard's path were cut with an Accuquilt die.

The Quick Curved Ruler was developed by the ladies at Sew Kind of Wonderful, and on their web site or YouTube you can find patterns and tutorials.  The free pattern they have that is very similar to these 'flower' blocks is called Spring Fling.

There are so many places to learn how to do this wonderful curved piecing - here were my sources:

1) the video on how to use your Quick Curve Mini Ruler from Jenny Pedigo (from Sew Kind of Wonderful) here
2) Canoe Ridge Creations
3) She Can Quilt

Each flower block includes:
(8) curved Quick Curved Ruler pieces beginning with a 5" square (like in the video tutorial above by Jenny)  
(8) squares cut at 4x4"

Made for an artist friend who would't balk at something non-traditional, I used lots of color and made up my own the design. First came the 'flower' blocks and small circles using what fabric I had.  The layout came last, more like a puzzle ... but sometimes a quilt can evolve from what you have, not from what a pattern tells you.  

For a large block with plenty of interest this 'flower' or 'butterfly' motif is perfect - and it's good for scraps as well.

Materials:
Terrain / Kate Spain / Moda
Kona white
Mini Quick Curved Ruler (from Sew Kind of Wonderful)
Warm & White Batting
Aurifil 50wt. #2740 (dark blue), #2040 (white)
Dimple dot minky / Midnight Blue
Accuquilt Drunkard's Path 4" finished *(I trimmed these small Drunkard's Path pieces to 4"x4" like everything else)

Size: 60" x 73.5"
Date: December 2017