Which Came First?

I don’t often choose novelty fabrics as they tend not to lend themselves well to the kind of piecing I prefer. The novelty prints in my stash are usually there because I bought them for a friend’s baby quilt, because they coordinate with the state fair challenge quilt fabric, or because I won them in a drawing. Most of the prints in this quilt – sunflowers, eggs, roosters, hens, baby chicks and chicken wire – fall into that last category.  I supplemented them with a few near-solids and gingham checks in agreeable colors, and followed the simple directions for a Yellow Brick Road quilt by Atkinson Designs. It saw more use when there was a full size bed in our house. These days it serves as a backdrop for backyard picnic lunches or for glorious afternoon naps under the walnut tree.