For those of you who have my book (if you don’t have it, you should! Pick it up a signed copy here!), today I’m sharing a bonus pattern for a second quilt made using the templates from Jewel Drop.

Jewel Drop from The Quilter's Negative Space Handbook by Sylvia Schaefer/Flying Parrot Quilts
Jewel Drop • photo courtesy C&T Publishing

Both Jewel Drop and this quilt are based on a traditional block called “Red Peony Buds.” For Jewel Drop, I used the disintegration technique to design the quilt; this one uses the technique of setting blocks in rows. As with the original quilt, the blocks form an interesting secondary zigzag pattern, and ...

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