Have you noticed yet that I seemed to spend a lot of time at Quilt Camp in the Pines? 😉 Sadly, it has closed. This is the result of yet another class there. I’ve always been intimidated by hand appliqué. I tried it a couple of times with less than wonderful results, so it was with great trepidation that I signed up for a class in Celtic hand appliqué, taught by Nancy Chong at camp in 2004. However, I think I’ve finally found a version of hand appliqué that I like and that I can do at least passably well!
This is hand appliquéed and the hand quilting echoes the appliqué motifs both in the “ditch” and 1/4″ away. Here’s a close-up of the quilting:
It measures 13.25″ x 47″ (tip to tip) and was finished in June, 2005.