Delta Breeze may very well be my all-time favorite quilt, certainly my favorite of those I have designed myself.
The inspiration for this quilt began here, some upholstery fabric on a church bench in Lodi, California, located in the California Delta region between Sacramento and Stockton. I didn't think it was particularly appealing fabric, but somehow the palm frond-like design reminded me of the bear paw block. I had just been sent a fabric bundle of Soho Solids by Timeless Treasures and needed an idea for a quilt. I came home and sketched two sizes of the bear paw block and Delta Breeze was born.
This quilt has had the most extensive and varied history of all of my quilts.
It has been published:
There was a tutorial, originally published on the
Timeless Treasures blog and then republished here on my
blog.
Sharon Holland reached out to me with one of her new fabric lines and I chose the Delta Breeze pattern to see what it looked like when made in prints rather than solids.
It was one of three of my quilts juried into QuiltCon 2016, an amazing accomplishment for me as there are usually more than 3000 submissions and only around half that number of quilts are juried in.
The back:
Beautiful quilting by Darby Myers:
Members of a quilt guild (the name of which I cannot remember) made their version of Delta Breeze.
For awhile it was on the cover of my iPhone.
Mark made a fused glass version, which hangs in my office.
And very special to me, it was the inspiration for these note cards by Molly Lam (@tokodots), which are still available in her
etsy shop!
Needless to say, this quilt is near and dear to my heart. Some of the colors were the perfect match for this beautiful 1969 Ford Mustang, my dream car, owned by good friend, Rod McNeely.
When I was photographing last month's quilt, Basket Weaving, I took Delta Breeze along and here are some bonus shots.
This is definitely a quilt that has captured my heart like no other.
Design: Original design by me
Size: 48x48"
Quilted by: Darby Myers
