Sunday, April 3, 2011


This king single sized quilt has just been quilted by a friend for me.

Inspired by Ricky Timms' convergance quilts, I pieced the background of curves, before cutting it into strips, and inserting a sequence of strips of this gorgeous Robert Haufman "Geisha" fabric.

I have to admit that it took a bit of courage to cut into the pieced background, not quite knowing how it would work out! vbg

I have included some of my dyed fabrics in the background, as the orange tones are Rita's favourite.

Happy birthday, Rita


2 comments:

  1. OMGoodness! Everything here on this blog is so, so gorgeous! I miss ribbon embroidering and must get back to it.

    hugz
    Pam

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  2. Awesome quilt!

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