Sunday 10 September 2017

Last of the Round Robin Guild Quilts

The center is again the Tree of Life.  It is the same but different.  Colours can make a block and/or quilt be quite dissimilar to another quilt/block.
Dealing with large borders can be problematic as designs to quilt them are not necessarily those you would normally use in a border or sashing.  But you want something that will not just leave the border to be uninteresting.  This loop t loop stitch with periodic stylized small flowers worked quite well.
Fern shapes around the Tree of Life in the corners gave it some definition but are not as fussy as traditional feathers can be.  Fern shapes is a great stitching element for a large border as well.  I did it on a quilt of my own without realizing it is a bona fide stitching pattern.   I just liked doing it.

This quilt made by members of Annapolis Quilt Guild, like the others, will go to give comfort to someone a guild member knows who is either in therapy or recovering from cancer.  When doing these quilts I consider each stitch a prayer so the quilting plus the piecing is putting a huge number of prayers for the recipient into the quilt.


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