I'll smile each time I say the name because I love this song from 1985. Click the button in the centre of the image and have a dance around your lounge!
Anyway, back to the quilt. I made this quilt using the Cartwheel pattern designed by Liza Prior Lucy and published in Quilt Grandeur by Kaffe Fassett.
You can read my earlier blog posts about it here:
Nov 2018
March 2019
July 2019 - hand quilting commenced
Feb 2020
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| I hand quilted along the black lines with Aurifil 12wt in black |
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| I hand quilted in the ditch with Aurifil 28wt |
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| The wool batting and hand quilting means it's full of texture |
So as you can see, it's taken me more than a year to make this quilt, but I've really enjoyed making it. I like to take my time when I'm quilting. I hate being rushed and working to a stressful deadline. I usually have multiple quilts on the go at the same time, and that stops me getting bored with any of them.
In a first for me, I changed the binding after I'd completely finished the quilt. Yes, I've never done that before, but I'd used Kaffe's Millefiori fabric from my stash, and although it was OK, I thought I could do better. So I took my quilt to my local quilt shop and tried many options before I settled on Good Vibrations - also from the Kaffe Fassett Collective.
I love the strong blue for the binding, and how it truly finishes the quilt.
I know some of you will be wondering about the rainbow ric rac. I got it from Spotlight in New Zealand.
I've entered this quilt into the Sydney Quilt Show and all going well, it will be there in October 2020, even if I can't attend myself.
Now it's time for the Peacock Party. What have you been up to this week? Have you managed to finish anything? Feel free to link up a recent blog post below.
