My Hand Quilted Sampler quilt has a long and chequered past, but it's finally finished.
I started this quilt in a class with Kaffe Fassett in Wellington, New Zealand in January 2018. Yes, five long years ago!!
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| January 2018 in Wellington |
We set out to make the Green Diamonds quilt from Quilts in Ireland, but when I got home and started to piece my diamonds together I found they my cutting hadn't been very precise, and it was going to be difficult to piece the quilt top.
I don't give up on things easily, so I set it aside for a while. Then when I was at Tote and Gloat in Palmerston North in 2019 I had a good long chat with Racheldaisy from Australia, and it dawned on me that I didn't have to make Green Diamonds if it wasn't working out. I could take the pieces that I had cut and repurpose them into something new.
So that's what I did. I pulled out all of the red and green fabrics I'd bought for the Green Diamonds quilt and I designed my own pattern.
Then I decided that I could turn it into a hand quilted sampler and use it to show people all of the options that are available with hand quilting. So I quilted each section with a different thread and a different design.
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quilting along the lines in the fabric
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using the lines already drawn in the flower
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following the fabric design to fill in the area
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| 1/4" inch from the edge for the triangles |
I took this quilt to Stitch Witches in Dunedin and they can display in the shop until I next visit Dunedin in 2024.
Finished size 47" x 47"
Now it's time for the Peacock Party. Feel free to link up a recent blog post below.
