Well it wasn't
all fun but it did turn out Wonderfully!
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - 63" x 62"
(it's a rainy day here, so the colors are a little funny)
I didn't have the heart to kick coco off, as I just came home from a 5 day trip. She helped with the entire photo session.
I am especially happy with how my partial fans look on the border. It is a good reminder that you can use any portion of a stencil.
I used 2 fabrics on the back: A Gold Dragon, which was great because I watched 4 seasons of Game of Thrones while working on this quilt and an Asian Toile' which I adore
I still need to stitch my little sparrow above my label.
back Asian Toile' details
Here you can see the texture of the quilting.
This quilt gave me all sorts of problems. After binding, washing and blocking I found I had missed several fan arcs - grrrrrrr.
In order to quilt it properly I had to un-stitch the binding on the back and the front. I used a single binding.
I held it off to the side while I started and stopped the quilting stitching.
When finished I just pinned and re-stitched to the front and hand stitched (again) to the back.
Here are 2 dresses that I'm sending to Columbia with Lori.
I made several little goodie bags with "girly stuff".
I will be kicking off my lecture/teaching year with a visit to the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild Sept. 15-17th. Find info on their
Facebook page here or
their Website here. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!
xo
