Destinations Quilt

Venice, Italy, 2011

 Destinations Quilt

Traveling to Italy in July 2011 has to be one of the highlights of my life. Experiencing Venice, Florence, and Rome were breathtakingly beautiful, extremely hot, and filled with historical monuments. Shortly after my trip, I discovered a fabric with famous destinations, printed on it. Of course, one was Italy. For several years, I collected fabrics with different types of destinations on it, both physical and emotional. Eventually, I found the perfect pattern at the International Quilt Show in Cincinnati. "Color My Fresh and Modern World" pattern by  Allison Quilt Designs, a traditional quilt with a fresh and modern appeal. Each block uses 3 fabrics with the neutral background fabric in strips to easily create a block.

Each block is different, using pink, red, yellow, tan and brown fabrics with a light cream background fabric.

Squares on point, arranged in a pleasing order, create the simple border.

Destinations Quilt

Displayed in Stow Munroe Falls Library Quilt Show in 2015, it received a Second Place Ribbon.Quilted by Joyce Coburn of Coburn's Quilting using cotton batting.

Destinations Quilt is an example of how one favorite fabric can turn into a fresh and modern quilt!