Monday, May 11, 2015

The pattern was an on-line quilt-along and, since it was promised to finish by Mother’s Day, I chose it as the card for my daughters.

The pattern was meant to be a table topper, but I changed the border to make it more suitable as a wall hanging (21″ x 21″). All of the petals came from scraps. The added buttons were my own touch (mainly to cover up some less-than-great appliqued circles).

This blue one went to Christy. I did some free-motion veins in the petals but felt they looked more like leaves when they were finished. The background was a stitch-in-the-ditch grid line along the seams.

The orange one was for Elizabeth. I echoed the shape of the petal with a light gray thread and the results were much better.

I always think of purple for Kathryn. Again I echoed the petals but this time used a variegated gold thread.

A close-up view of the echo quilting.