This is the first large quilt I made. It is a Grandmother’s Fan pattern set in love rings, or rings radiating out from the center.It is in shades of lavender, because my husband’s favorite color is purple. Each machine-pieced fan block is hand quilted with hearts, and the whole thing was lap quilted, following Georgia Bonesteel’s ideas. The quilt was finished in early 1988, over two years after I began it, and is big enough to drop to the floor on a queen-sized bed, measuring 95″ x 114″. Unfortunately, it’s seen some hard use in the past few years and is now in pretty bad condition — it didn’t help that the fabrics weren’t the best quality! Lesson learned: always get the best fabrics possible.
