Margaret Heller just finished her Simply Delicious quilt—it’s amazing!
From Margaret:
I followed the techniques taught in your books, except for the grapes and raspberries. For them I modified Karen Kay Buckley’s techniques for Perfect Ovals by laminating the front and back of the template (put the number of the template on the back side). Then I gathered the seam allowance of the grape or berry around the template, starched it/pressed it, and removed the template when it was time to sew it to the block .
I substituted blocks from the Beautiful Berries pattern for blocks from Simply Delicious so all the blocks illustrated my favorite fruits.
It was custom machine quilted by Christy Gray. (And she told me it’s the last custom quilting she will do.) I’m grateful that she quilted it for me; I doubt otherwise it would ever have been finished.
Thank you, Margaret, for sharing your lovely quilt with us all and I know you will enjoy seeing it hang in shows.
This quilt was one of our blocks of the month and the patterns are still available in a downloadable format. If you are interested, click here to find the Simply Delicious epatterns.
Piece O Cake Blog 
Beautiful quilt.
LikeLike
I’ve loved this pattern from the first time I saw it. Some day…
This is beautiful! Congrats!
LikeLike
Beautiful work, Margaret! Simply wonderful! 🙂
LikeLike
Wonderful quilt. Great job!
LikeLike
So realistic! Beautifully done. Congratulations on getting your project completed. Becky has the best patterns!
LikeLike
Wonderful job! Seeing this quilt in a local show in the mid-90’s is why I started quilting! Love it just as much today! Thanks so much for sharing yours!
LikeLike
Beautiful handwork!
LikeLike
I had just started quilting in 1996 the first time I saw this quilt. It’s so timeless. What a treasure you have created Margaret. I’m so glad it got quilted!!
LikeLike