Not having any idea what, if any, project I wanted to tackle next, I decided to clean up the stack of fabrics I’d pulled for potential quilts.

There, at the bottom of one of the piles, was this “Hedgerow Panel” printed by Makower UK. I purchased it last spring, after having resisted it for a while! I also have 2 other prints from this fabric line and a stack of coordinating solids and tiny prints.

Fall is the perfect time to be working on a quilt like this!

This is a panel which I am going to cut apart. The animal blocks measure 10 inches square. The long blocks are 10 x 21.5 inches which makes them a bit of a challenge.

I decided to use a pieced alternate block for the 10 inch squares. I printed up a couple of possibilities in my Electric Quilt 8 program. The design of one of them was clearly out of proportion with the animals. But I liked this “Returning Birds” block a lot.

The blue and yellow was good. But then I cut up the block I decided not to use and added 2 orange triangles. The second blocks is so much more interesting! And there is a bit of rust in one of the coordinating prints from the “Hedgerow” line so this is perfect!

I’m planning to make rows using the animals and the “Returning Birds” block. I still haven’t decided how to use the long bird and bunny blocks. I’m waiting to see the 10 inch blocks together before I decide what I should do next.

I've been so impressed with the fabric printed by Makower UK over the years. If a fabric pattern stops me in my tracks in the fabric store, it’s frequently a Makower. Makower fabrics are distributed in the United States by Andover Fabrics.

This “Hedgerow” line is now a previous season line. But there is currently still lots to be found with a Google search.