I fell in love with a pattern in Melinda Bula’s Cutting Garden Quilts and knew I had to make it. As luck would have it, she ended up teaching the class for that very pattern in Lake Havasu City in January, 2012, so I signed up. Sadly, I didn’t enjoy the class at all for various reasons, but I came home and made the quilt anyway, following the directions — more or less — in the book. It’s made with fusible appliqué, and then it was supposed to be thread painted to make sure all of the pieces were permanently attached, but my thread painting ability isn’t so great, so I simply did lots and lots of echo quilting inside each piece.
After doing the echo quilting, there was a lot of negative space to fill. The directions said to do echo quilting there, but I’d had enough echo quilting by then, so I put in some large, flowing sprays of the machine-quilted feathers I love so much instead. Then I added some piping for added interest before binding the quilt. I didn’t think this one needed any borders at all.
I finished the quilt in May, 2012, and it measures 26″ x 21″.
Update! This quilt won second place in its category at our local guild’s quilt show in April, 2013.
