Making the quilt - Part 2 – Frances Quilts

Yesterday I showed you the article that was my initial inspiration for the “Catherine Wheel of Color” quilt…..

During the day, I received a message from Abigail Dolinger…..the writer the of the article and designer of the “Pathways” quilt!!

I had a peek at her website and blog and you should really check it out!!! There is loads of great stuff there!!

But on with the quilt…..

When we left yesterday, it was at this stage….

While it looked nice, I had grown really fond of seeing the color wheel on point, so that meant adding corners!!

I did lots of mock-ups and finally came to the conclusion that I wanted it to look like this….

That meant making lots more circles and playing more with my yardage and the color wheel….

I also spent copious amounts of time doing geometry and trying to figure out the exact size of the triangles…..

But finally the circles were placed on the triangles and more applique ensued….

After a lot of squaring up (in my garage because that was the only place large enough to lay the top flat)…..

…. I was ready to think about quilting it!!

But then came another problem…..at that time, I only had my domestic Juki machine and I was fairly certain that I couldn’t quilt it there.

Then Julio (a Juki Sit-Down Longarm) entered my life….

While I loved quilting on the machine, I didn’t think that I was proficient enough to quilt this special quilt!!

After 2-1/2 years of practicing, I decided that I was indeed ready to quilt it…..

While quilting, I found that I truly enjoy quilting straight lines, and I found it quite relaxing to just sit and quilt!!

So in 2023…..four years after starting…..the quilt was finished, and as they say…..

Thanks for joining me on my walk down memory lane!!!

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