A couple years ago my mother and I took a class from Amanda Murphy. It was on free-motion quilting on the Bernina Q24. We also bought some of her patterns and fabrics. These fabrics were from a few of her Benartex fabric lines. However, two of the purples below were from a different designer.
They sat in a pretty pile on a shelf until last year when I cut into them to make two quilts. The first quilt used her Meadow Blooms pattern. I call mine, Evening Bloom. Her quilts appear more scrappy because each of her main blocks used five different fabrics plus the background. I limited each block to two fabrics in my quilt.
The second uses her Blossoms pattern. I call mine Meadow Diamonds. Hers has large flowers appliqued all over the quilt. You will notice that mine has no applique. ;)
The tops came together quickly and then I quilted them both on the Bernina Q24.
Then they sat for two months. I was pregnant and had no energy to do the bindings. One weekend I forced myself to bind both of them.
I was so excited they were finished that I quickly put them on display in the basement with our new sofas. I didn't want to take the time for any outdoor pictures.
And there they have stayed for the last year. I still hope to sew up some quilted pillow shams with the scraps from Meadow Diamonds.
But that requires time and energy. Maybe someday...
XX,
Jasmine
