My friend, Marybeth brought in one of her quilt projects that screamed at me. She didn't like it and wanted to give it away. When she held it up my brain immediately flashed with a picture of what I could do with it. Something in me said take it.
I didn't think to take a before picture but it was a rail fence pattern made with jelly roll red, orange and pink strips. The squares of turquoise intended for cathedral windows just didn't sit right with me although other members liked them. Talk about embarrassing myself with my dismay when I found that out!
My Random Harvest quilt popped into my head. I followed a tutorial from the Missouri Star Quilt Company for the jelly roll squares.
I flirted with the idea of making another Random Harvest in a different color but wasn't quite in the mood for a queen-sized quilt. I have too many UFO's of my own that are begging to be finished. My friend, Sylvia Schaeffer's, just finished a baby quilt using the same method, so my path was set.
The next morning I took apart the 24 squares and set the turquoise aside for another project.
The quilt went together pretty fast. Now comes the task of figuring out how to quilt it. I'm taking Creative Quilting with your Walking foot from Jacquie Gering on Craftsy and wanted to try a spiral. I thought it would give the pinwheels on the back some movement. I wasn't sure, however, if I was up to the challenge and thought I might do the wavy lines like my two previous quilts or just plain, straight lines.
Enter the quilt label. I very seldom have names for my quilts before they're finished but I also wanted to try sewing it into the design on the back. If I ever wavered on how to quilt, this would keep me honest. Circle Of Friends was my chosen name, considering the inspiration I got from my friends; and thinking of the "it takes a village" style of raising children, I thought it fit just right.
I love the pinwheels - beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow, that really transformed that quilt! It looks beautiful! I can't believe you took it all apart; I think you need to do a program on how to get seams out really fast! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I took apart each square so it probably sounded like more work than it was.
DeleteFabulous! I like the back just as much as the front :-)
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