Topic: Quilting
I had a quest: 1) find a pattern for a set of fabric rolls I had acquired 2) find a use for a little scenery panel that came from someone's stash 3) make a quilt as a gift for a guy (no frou-frou!). When I came across this pattern in an old magazine I knew I had the solution.
Unfortunately the fabric rolls were not going to stretch to fit the layout so I set out searching my stash for coordinates and cutting more 2.5 inch strips from them.
The fabric panel was not quite large enough to equal one of the pieced blocks so I used a batik to frame it up to fit.
I used a different pantograph roll (with oak leaves and acorns) to quilt this, carefully working around the panel rather than over top of it. Then I did free-hand quilting on the scene - following along the outlines of hills, houses and fences.
The quilting was completed in dark green as it blended well with all of the colors in the piecing.
This will shortly be on its way to the new owner.
Ddd
