So now it's my turn to start Paying It Forward before the year runs out - eep!
I'm pleased to say that I have my first run on the board ... in the form of this mini ...
The person I made it for is a friend and fellow member of the Perth MQG. We are both massive Anna Maria Horner fans and recently went on a trip together where we met the very lovely Jen Kingwell. We both immediately bought her Halo Quilt pattern and templates and I've been scheming this mini quilt ever since!
I just needed some free time to tackle those curves! Spare time found ... I got cracking with fabric choice ... well, it had to be AMH ... but which ones?
I couldn't decide ... so I used a bit of everything!
Then, how to quilt it? Jen suggests hand quilting this pattern in her book ... so I went with that! I mean ... who am I to argue?
I used a variegated 12wt Aurfil thread, colour #3817 for the hand quilting ... and hand quilted the rings in nice big chunky stitches.
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| I was pretty happy to line up the centre detail of the backing fabric with the centre ring on the front! |
Then it was bound ...
Tagged ...
Wrapped ...
and finally gifted ...
I'm pleased to say that this mini is now happily living in it's new home ... until I sneak in one day and steal it back (shh).
Sx
