Showing posts with label folk art quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folk art quilt. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2015

"Garnet Hill" is finished!

"Garnet Hill" 68" x 52"

The making of this started over three years ago.  



The inspiration came five years earlier, 
when I tore out a photo of a rug in a Garnet Hill catalogue.




I liked the folk art feel of the rug.



And decided to go with a similar color scheme.




It was fun choosing fabrics for these blocks,



Throwing in some shirt plaids.




                                                         I appliqued the flowers for about a year, off and on.




When quilting time came, I thought I'd do it quickly, just outlining the flower edges,





                And the seams in the log cabin blocks.





I wasn't happy with the outline-only result, so I added many more rows of stitching.




It took a lot longer, 



But I'm very happy with the result!