Clover Patch Quilt — The One in Starry
I'm so excited!!! The Clover Patch quilt pattern is now available!!
I made this version in Ruby Star Society's Starry — every color I could get my hands on — because when you start with colors this good, you know the results are going to be amazing. It's quickly become one of my favorite quilts I've ever made.
But, before we go further, make sure you've caught up on the rest of the Clover Patch release blog posts:
This one came together a little differently than my other patterns. I tend to design with stars — if you've followed along for a while, you've probably noticed. Lots of points, lots of complexity, lots of templates. This time, I wanted to do something different. More open. Bigger pieces of fabric allowed to just be fabric, instead of getting cut into a dozen tiny points.
I got there. I had a finished design, no stars in sight, and I was genuinely happy with it.
And then, while I was writing up the pattern — usually the easy part, the part where the hard thinking is supposed to be done — I kept circling back to one nagging feeling: it was different, but was it different enough? Did it feel like mine?
So I went back to the design wall. I added sashing between the blocks, and used the cornerstones to echo the same plus-sign shape that's already repeating across the quilt — a small detail, but one that ties the whole thing together in a way the earlier version didn't.
That's the difference between fine and right, to me. I'm always asking what I can push further, what can be more mine — and Clover Patch is proof that sometimes the right answer doesn't show up until after you thought you were already finished.
I can't wait to see what you make with this one!
