Paprika Quilt Pattern Designed by Valori Wells Finished quilt size 80 x 92 New York Beauties in all of their majesty have been an inspirational quilt block for Valori Wells, who designed this as 2007 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show raffle quilt. She took the block and elongated it and extended the points into a sunrise shape and a large rectangle. When the shapes are joined together they create flower like shapes that you might see in the garden. In the original version, reds were chosen for the points, with rich brown tones in the background. The narrow pieced sashing is stitched as strips and cut apart to create small blocks of color. Green was added to the palette in these strips as an accent color. We have since made this quilt in “High Desert,” and “Sunset” versions, and our newest version is titled “Blue Pool.” (The directions remain the same for all versions of the quilt.)

Foundation papers are included for the New York Beauty blocks. For the