In July, 2009, I took a class from Rose Hughes on making landscape quilts. It was a fun class, but it’s not a technique I think I’ll be using again; it’s just not something that appealed to me. Because I wasn’t that excited about it, the unfinished quilt sat around until the end of October, 2010, before I finally finished it. It was supposed to have quite a bit of beading and embroidery to embellish it, but that just wasn’t going to happen. It’s machine appliquéed, using yarn zigzagged around all pieces and extra stuffing under some of the saguaro arms. It’s also machine quilted very simply, and I used a facing to finish it, rather than binding. This piece measures approximately 17″ x 23″.
