Whisper
June 2024

I’ve been focusing my quilting this year on using what I have in my scraps and stash, and to avoid (as much as possible) buying new fabric. Between these two sources of fabric, I probably have enough to make a few dozen quilts! This quilt, like All Star and Homecoming that I made earlier this year, was also inspired by an orphan block that I received from Jocelyn over at Happy Cottage Quilter. The inspiration block for this quilt is on the left side, immediately below the fold (row 3, column 1). If you look at it closely, you’ll see that the floral fabric is different from the other block’s floral print fabric.

I had plenty of yellows in my stash and scraps, however, I did end up purchasing the floral print fabric as I wanted a similar colorway to the inspiration blocks’ floral print. The purple/white flying geese were also made from using what I had on hand. I finished this as a quanket, backing with another stash item of a solid buttery yellow fleece.

I have named this quanket Whisper to represent the orphan block that quietly hinted at what this quilt has become. The name is also for the flying geese whose wings whisper on the wind as they fly in formation across the sky.