Snowball Flower

 

I haven’t done tons of curved piecing. My first attempt was a Turkey Foot block in 2011. It wouldn’t lie flat, and deserved its place in the rubbish bin. There was a small Winding Ways quilt I finished in 2012. In 2016 my state fair challenge quilt had curved piecing. I liked it a lot more than the judges did. Last September I did a block called “Walking in Circles.” It turned out well, but never made it into the finished quilt. Today’s block was named “Snowball Flower” by a pattern distributor called Old Chelsea Station, very likely during the 1930’s. It came to me in an Australian quilt pattern by Sue Daley: “Freshly Picked.” Most of the prints I’m using are from her line, “Paper Daisies” for Riley Blake, which is very, very local. This attempt is a bit wonky. It was designed to be hand-pieced, but I’m determined to use my machine. Maybe I’ll improve with practice.