Amber Fields as you can see is a wonderful pattern when it comes to quilt making. The colors chosen as well as the design made is really the difference between knowing how to choose and what to do once decided. So let’s talk a bit about this pattern?
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Amber Fields
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Amber Fields is made up of a pattern that is very nice to make and of course we always talk about it being the Simple Shoo-Fly quilt block. So we start to understand already how the pattern is. IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER: This pattern is by Designer: Kathie Holland and the site allpeoplequilt.com.
Clover bloom, from the nightshade family, has large lobed leaves, and large blue flowers with rounded petals. The juices from the foliage and roots were mixed with milk in a dish, which was then set out to attract flies. When the flies fed from this concoction, they died, thus the origin of the common name, Shoofly Plant.
Simple Shoo-Fly quilt block
Made of half-square triangles at the four corners of the block instead of squares, the Shoo-Fly block is a simple quilt block that was often used to teach young girls the basics of quilt design and construction.
Because of its simplicity and opportunities for creativity and color play, the Shoo-Fly block is a popular block with Amish quilters.
Another variation of the origin of the name “shoo-fly” is the sweet, rich Amish dessert known as shoo-fly, a gooey molasses bottom topped with spicy cake in a flaky pie crust, that is said to have attracted flies while it baked.
A quilter may decide to use up small scraps of fabric in the blocks, making a “scrappy” quilt or create a stunning overall 2-color scheme.
To show off the geometry of the design, the blocks were typically joined together with sashing (lattice) strips with a cornerstone square of a different color at the point where the strips meet.
Shoofly is a symbol that possibly identifies a person who can guide and help; a
person who helped slaves escape along the Underground Railroad and who knew
the codes.
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