The local quilt shop sponsored a pieced block-of-the-month in 2003-2004; the patterns were designed by Pam Bono. I finished piecing the top in October, 2004; but I had absolutely no idea of how I wanted to quilt it. After debating for quite a while, a friend of mine offered to do it on her long-arm machine — who was I to refuse? 😉 She’s a busy lady, so the quilt was sort of on the back burner for a while; but the waiting was worth it!
She did a beautiful job on it, finishing in February, 2006. She used black thread to McTavish most of it, with cross-hatching in the center medallion section and a multi-colored butterfly just to the top right of the medallion. Here’s a close-up of one part of the quilting:
Gorgeous, isn’t it? The quilt measures approximately 87″ x 107″, and it has 3753 pieces, unless I missed counting some of them. Update: In March, 2006, this quilt won an Honorable Mention in our local quilt show! 🙂