Desert Rose in Rosy Cheeks!!

Today I am super excited to be sharing this beautiful new Desert Rose quilt finish with you featuring the oh so cute Rosy Cheeks Collection by Lori Woods for Poppie Cotton!!  And you know, when I remake a pattern quilt, I like to change out the background . . . so this time I went with a beautiful soft green!!  Isn't it just so pretty!!!   

This Desert Rose Quilt is so much fun to make and it is Fat Quarter Friendly so you can just grab a bundle and add your background fabric. Aren't the prints in this Rosy Cheeks collection just so adorable!!  I love those little tea cups, and the florals are just so pretty :)   I used Sea Glass Mint Country Confetti for my background fabric and I love how it makes all of those charming prints just look so bright and happy!!  It really keeps the white and light prints from getting lost ;) 

And while this might look a little difficult, Desert Rose can be broken down into basic piecing units.  You will learn Half Square Triangles, and lots of No Waste Flying Geese making this quilt.   And then you get some great practice on lining up pretty points!!   And with the big block size, once you get the units all made, the quilt comes together in a snap :) 

This design has always been a favorite of mine!!  I just love the big floral blocks that have the echoed background throughout the petals.  It just creates a lot of great negative space that really shows off the design.   And I just love it in this fun background . . . it always blows me away how much it changes up the quilt to go from a white background to something different.  Just so cool!!! 

Barbara did the quilting and piecing on this one as I am a little swamped with working on new patterns :)  And her quilting is just oh so cute!!  She quilted all of the negative space in fun loop de loops and flowers and left the prints unquilted.  This really makes the design pop in this quilt and adds so much amazing texture.  So great!! 

 And like all of my Happy Quilting patterns, the the nice thing is, the  Desert Rose Pattern  has multiple size options, so you can make whatever size you like. This is the picnic size, but you can make it from a baby size all the way to a queen size ;)   The bigger the quilt, the more flowers dance across it!!  

And that is the new Desert Rose Quilt! I hope you have enjoyed this post and consider making your own Desert Rose Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc and #desertrosequilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Desert Rose Quilts!!

Thank you so much for popping by and sharing this finish with me and thank you to my wonderful friends at Poppie Cotton for always letting me play with their gorgeous fabrics!!! 

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!