Elizabeth gave me a gift certificate to Traditional Pastimes, one of the quilt shops in Calgary. Pat, Elizabeth and I went shopping and we came home with this Block of the Month kit from Leanne Beasley; all the blocks were included as well as the fabric.

I made the first block (minus the embroidery) at Panorama when I went quilting with Stacia and Deloise in the spring of 2014. It wasn’t until the Texada Retreat in the spring of 2015 that I got down to business and got going on the remaining blocks.

It took most of the summer to finish the embroidery but I enjoyed every minute of it.

I was able to take the quilt to Elizabeth in September on my way back from a week in Panorama.

There are over 250 Lazy Daisy stitches, and almost 300 French Knots in this 49″ square project. When I was quilting the piece I realized that the quilting I planned wouldn’t cover the 4″ maximum called for by the batting I was using. It was Stacia’s idea to use the buttons to hold things in place.

By clicking on any of the photos below you can get a full-sized view.