This month's mini quilt was planned to use up scraps of New Orleans 1850 fabric from my Beautiful Crescent quilt.
I had picked up a copy of Doug Leko's Tabletastic at my Local Quilt Shop.
After looking through the patterns for months, I finally decided to give "London Wall" a try with the purple and gold scraps.
However, when I pulled out the actual bag of scraps, I realized I had forgotten about the yards and yards of border print scraps from the New Orleans 1850 collection. I decided these border print strips deserved to be the focus of their own quilt, and the other purple and gold scraps needed to stay with the border print.
It wasn't difficult to find some other happy fabrics in my stash that would work for the London Wall table topper.
I was inspired by the current bloom of azaleas all over New Orleans.
Finished size: 18" x 18"
I call my version "Azaleas on the Avenue" - a nod to the masses of blooming azaleas all along St. Charles Avenue. St. Charles is one of the main thoroughfares of the city, lined with historic homes, universities, and parks. It's also the path of the iconic St. Charles streetcar line.
