Patio Pots

For many years I have collected shot cotton stripes with many from the Kaffe Fasset Collective.  One rainy spring day when I couldn’t plant my outside flower pots an idea came to me.  Actually, I was cleaning and rearranging my stash of striped fabrics.  The over-sized Tumbler template from Missouri Star Quilt Company caught my attention for its potential as flower pots. Of course, there had to be both vertical and horizontal stripes cut and then arranged on the design wall with solid shot cottons as the border.  The flowers were fussy cut from various KFC florals with leaves from my dyed vintage linen leftovers and other scraps.  While not yet quilted (because I had to sideline for cataract removal) I think it will be fun to think about how I want to “decorate” the pots.

For those who will ask about a pattern, there isn’t one. I used the tumbler template to cut two pots from a fat quarter, one horizontal, one vertical.  Border pieces were cut using half of the tumbler template (guidelines on the template). Leaves were free form cut, stems were from some leftover bias binding and are about 6.5 inches long. Many more flowers could be added as desired.  It would also be a fun table runner with flower pots at each end of the runner.