Elise Dunbar and I brain-stormed ideas for the quilt, and Elise proposed making a child's bed quilt that would work similar to a play mat for toy cars. Our guild members made the blocks and Elise, Paige, Didi and I assembled the quilt top.
You can read more about the process here, but I thought today I would share the results with you!
After the straight lines were quilted, I passed the quilt off to Cheryl and Faye to add the free motion designs. Paige from Quilted Blooms did the binding.
The compass in the lower right corner was such a great addition and I volunteered to piece the block. The compass is paper pieced, then framed using the 6-minute circle technique.
For the back of the quilt, we used some leftover blocks and I decided to improv piece some letters, spelling out our city's tagline "Yeah That Greenville". I used the book Word Play Quilts as a guide.
It was so much fun collaborating with other members of my guild! And I think we ended up with a pretty fun quilt!
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You ended up with a stunning quilt! What a wonderful group effort and I'm so glad I got to see it both after piecing and hanging at QuiltCon.
ReplyDeleteCindy you always amaze. It's wonderful. When I first saw the picture I thought Map, of home, of your street, your neighborhood. It worked. Candy
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful! I love that your quilt really represents your hometown. :D
ReplyDeleteI saw the quilt in person, and it was indeed lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh this is such a wonderful quilt. I love it!!
ReplyDeleteSo, so fun! I especially love the hashtag on the back, which made me laugh :)
ReplyDeleteIt was so fun to work on this project with everyone. I do believe my favorite part, well, beside the plus sign hospital, is the compass. You did an awesome job on it. Am I the last one that hasn't done the 6-minute circle? I must try it!
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