Midnight at the Oasis

This is the center of my Midnight at the Oasis quilt. The pattern is by Jen Kingwell. It's a very busy pattern but I love it. It was a little tricky piecing these shapes together but if you take your time you can do it. I only had a fat quarter of the dragonfly fabric so I did the best I could to have it the pattern balanced. The little triangles are scraps and some are fussy cut. I really loved making this part of the pattern.

I'm not one to applique so I just cut the petal shapes and placed them onto a background square. I used a straight stitch with black thread to adhere the edges down. It is considered raw edge applique and I'm perfectly fine with this. It will fray a little but it's a fast process and It's done.

This round calls for more applique. I used a black and white floral swirl fabric instead of applique. I cheat when I must. I like how it turned out. The corners are baskets. If you make this pattern make sure you use a "scant" quarter inch or they turn out too small.

I had a lot of fun with the churn dash/monkey wrench blocks. The blocks are like an eye spy quilt. I fussy cut a lot of the centers. 

This is the checkerboard border. I really liked doing this part of the quilt as it used up small pieces of scraps. I think I could do an entire king sized quilt with this checkerboard look and still not use up all of my scraps. Hmm, good idea.

Here is the quilt with me and all the borders sewed on. I can't believe I haven't taken a photo of the finished quilt. It is quilted and bound and folded on the shelf. I will have to do that and post it. I loved making this quilt. I loved it so much that I made a second one for my friend with her scraps. I will have to post that one too.