Catena Quilt

 As I was walked around taking pictures at the

IQF Long Beach Show

I heard  a group of women

ooohing and aaahing over

Catena

by Timma Tarr

of

South Hadley, Massachusetts

 "This is a Happy Quilt!" one exclaimed.

The others enthusiastically chimed in 

in agreement.

 Timma wrote

"Catena means 

'a connected series of related things'

 This quilt is my interpretation of an 

Endless Chain quilt from the 1940's

that belongs to my mom.

That quilt is full of fabrics on a white background

and has yellow centers.

I kept the yellow circles, but changed the colors

of the blocks so that they are connected and not random.

 The pattern for the blocks can be found in the

Dec/Jan 2013 issue of Quilters Newsletter Magazine."

 I personally was especially drawn to

Catena, because I have a

work in progress

of the very same design.

*I'm in the midst of hand appliqueing 

all of the circle centers :)

 Another reason I love

Timma's design is 

her use of Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

Love those Kaffes!