A sunflower quilt that holds onto summer: buttercream background, sunflowers in warm marigold and goldenrod with soft rosy-brown centers, and leaves in a dusty sage green that keeps the whole thing from going too sweet. The blooms are appliquéd, each petal turned and stitched down by hand, the centers shaped like generous river stones rather than tidy circles, which gives every flower its own personality. A pieced inner border frames the field in stacked bands of sage, terracotta, and gold, a quiet nod to the old country quilts that always knew how to use a stripe. Over all of it, an allover meander rolls across the surface in cream thread, those gentle wandering loops puffing up the open background and letting the appliquéd flowers stand proud above it. A quilt that smells like a July afternoon.
