Carolina Lily

A new long term foundation paper-piecing project called Carolina Lily has been started. Here is my first block!

It took close to 2 hours to piece this first block but I'm hoping to pick speed as I go along. My goal is to piece at leasts 5 blocks every month, maybe more. These blocks finish at 6" so it may take several years to complete this quilt.

I'm using the foundation paper-piecing pattern by Cindy Edgerton. Her design is for a small wall quilt.

I watch From Small Things on Youtube. In 2024 she displayed her red & white quilts and her green & red quilts (Episode 11). She had purchased this pattern then foundation paper-pieced 100 of these little blocks and made them into a lovely quilt. I thought it was so pretty, I wanted a quilt of my own!

The pattern is a physical pattern and the papers are tissue paper, just like the clothing patterns like we used to sew. I copied the tissue paper on my printer then printed my foundation papers on newspaper weight paper.

I did manage to complete 10 blocks in January, now I need to get started on the blocks for February.

You don't need yardage to make these blocks, the largest piece in the blocks is the bottom green triangle. I'm using fabrics I already have on hand. The light green used in 4 of the blocks is at least 20 years old.

I'll let you know at the end of 2026 how many blocks have been pieced. WARNING: this is NOT the pattern to learn how to foundation paper piece.

Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Free Motion Mavericks, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts