Yoyogi Park Quilt

When I saw the Town Square quilt on episode 6 of the Midnight Quilt Show, I knew immediately that I wanted to make it. Fast, easy piecing, and lots of negative space ... What's not to love?

I tried to make this quilt with some charm packs I had, but it went wrong, because the fabric just didn't work well together. I didn't want to give up though, so after some painstaking fabric auditions, I chose the adorable fabric collection Yoyogi Park by Skinny LaMinx for Cloud 9 Fabrics. I found it by chance on Etsy (which is my favorite place for out-of-season fabrics) and just couldn't pass it up.

Once cut up, piecing this quilt top was very easy. Big pieces mean there's less piecing. I'm working on several quilts with small pieces at the moment, so having this big piecing quilt to work on is a nice change of pace.

While I think the quilting brings it all together, the more negative space there is, the more true that becomes. This is a very similar type of quilt to Starstruck, in that it's a square quilt with a focal point and radiating outwards symmetrically. It's sort of a medallion, come to think of it. I did a combination of dense fillers (but of course) with geometric designs and threw in some feather motifs.

I really enjoyed making this quilt, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I'm glad I didn't continue with the original top and remade it in this fabric instead. This quilt really makes me smile!

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