This piece came from a book from a friend in the UK, Pat Storey; her book is called Geometrical Quilts. I loved this pattern at first glance, and it was natural for me to use it as the basis for a challenge quilt for the local guild. We had to use the two black and white prints you see, and we could also use as many other blacks and whites as we liked, as well as one other color. The quilt also had to be embellished, which was a true challenge for me, as I don’t usually embellish mine.
The quilt was paper pieced (Pat’s instructions were extremely clear!) and machine quilted and beaded. The original pattern added triangles to four corners to make the quilt square, but I decided to leave mine hexagonal. It measures 23.5″ x 27.5″ and was finished in April, 2008.
Update: I was able to enter this quilt into our local show in 2011, and it won third place in its category! Here it is with its ribbon:
