Dana's new woobie: yet another Single Girl quilt

I know what you're thinking: When is she going to move on, already?  There is something very seductive about this Single Girl pattern that I'm finding hard to let go of, but I promise I am going to make other quilts.  The fabrics I chose for this quilt will go with the one I made for Jim.  There are even some repeats.  Fabrics from Anna's wedding quilt are also included.  Above is the first quarter of the ring. It's got a Liberty print and a great conversational fabric with pens and calligraphy on it.

This is the second quarter. Note the owl fabric.

Here's the third quarter.  It's got the Big Ben fabric and several fabrics from Anna's wedding quilt.

Now the final quarter which features a Paula Nadelstern fabric, fish fabric, and the background fabric from Jim's woobie quilt.

The first ring is completed.  I love using batiks for the background fabric because of the variance in color.  It makes such great visual texture.  No more now until it's all done, I promise.

Anna and Matt's wedding quilt

When I saw a picture of Denyse Schmidt's pattern called Single Girl, I knew Anna would like it. Based on the traditional double wedding ring pattern, it has a distinctly modern look when reduced to a single ring. Anna chose wonderful Japanese and Japanese inspired fabrics.



Here are the fabric choices for the the first quarter of the rings.



The second quarter...



The third quarter...



...and the fourth.



Betty Wang designed the background fabric for South Sea Imports. It's from her design series called "Memories of Osaka" and is a tone on tone bamboo image.



The pattern calls for tracing the pieces and making templates--quiltmaking in the old school tradition.