This is the last of the quilts I worked on for Sharon to get it ready for the quilt show. It was a bit of a last-minute thing, and it wouldn’t have been a problem to keep it for the next show. But it was fairly small, and I knew I was going to do feathers in the background and it wouldn’t take too long. Feathers are all muscle memory. It takes a lot of practice to master them, but once you’ve got it, you’ve got it. And after quilting feathers for a decade, I just get in a zone and do it without thinking too much.
I love feathers, and I love quilting them. Don’t they look gorgeous as a background filler for an appliqué motif like Sharon’s Flower Basket? Other than that, I just added a bit of texture to the basket, stitched around the flowers and added a design to the border. It was finished a week before the show, which gave Sharon enough time to stitch the binding, label and hanging sleeve.
On a side note: Cynthia sent me a message saying that she had finally entered her quilt “Fleur”, which I had quilted for her, in a show, and it had won Best of Show! Yay! It is an amazing piece of art and a labour of love for sure. If you want to take a look, you can find it here.