Dance in Paris

Dance in Paris, designed by Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic, with fabric also designed by her, is one of those quilts you just enjoy from beginning to end. The original pattern name is Spring in Paris, but the fabric I used is her Dance in Paris collection.

I really love piecing hexagons made of 60 degree triangles, and this one is no exception! When I think about what makes a quilt fun to piece, two things come to mind: how much I like the fabric, and how fun the pattern is. Happily, both are true for this quilt.

I wanted to keep the quilting design very simple in the colored fabrics, just some simple geometrics. This is my go-to option for prints.

I am usually a bit intimidated when encountering large swaths of negative space, because they represent so much potential. For this quilt I did something I don't usually do: marking. I marked up all the hexagons so that I could quilt them into the white space as a series of ghost blocks.

I had 3 different quilting designs for this quilt and I actually stared at them for weeks, unsure which one to pick. I finally picked this design because it made the quilt feel the most balanced, and I'm glad I did, because I think the end result is quite beautiful!