I Finally Finished Another Quilt!

Like most of the East coast, we had snow on Xmas day!

It's still here, mostly...

and it's still beautiful.

But i don't know how much longer it will continue to be beautiful

for me.  =-)

I made this water lily the same way i made the sunflower on Bunny's quilt, but with more "rows" of petals.

I really like how it turned out.

Each petal is a separate piece of fabric, folded and folded and ironed and sewn down on a base.  The "fronds" in the middle are random length embroidery threads with a randomly placed knot on each one.

Embroidery threads on the lily pads

I really love how the water lily turned out! 

I've been working on this wall hanging "off and on" for quite awhile now (but mostly "off").  It spent a lot of time "just sitting" on my quilting chair.  I had to think about it a lot!  I also had to go out to the quilting store a number of times to purchase stuff for this one.

The different blues came from a fat quarter pack (or 2) from Moda (purchased online).
The green lily pads and the orange fish were made from batiks (purchased from a vendor at a local quilt show).
The pink & yellow were from my stash.
The grey binding was purchased at Hobby Lobby.
The shocking-orange backing was purchased at Hancock Fabrics.  (I didn't have Bunny take pix of the back 'cause it's just a "plain" orange back.  Nothin' fancy.  Just plain.)  =-) 

This quilt just popped into my head one day.  And oddly enough, i automatically knew how i wanted it quilted too, which is totally unusual for me!  The actual quilting is typically the last thing i think about!

I still have to make a sleeve for the back so i can hang it up...

This quilt is 42" x 42".  I had intended for it to be rectangular.  I thought it was a rectangle, but i guess the two "scalloped" ends cause me to merely think it's rectangular.

I embroidered the lines on the lilypads with number 8 variegated green embroidery thread.  I've been looking at Laura Wasilowski's blog and lovin' it!  Thanks for the "embroidery on quilts" inspiration, Laura! =-)

I love this quilt, and i'm actually keeping it for myself!  =-)
That's a first.  I'm going to hang it in my dining room (if i can convince Kitty to let me take her picture down) where i can look at it every day.  I'm tellin' ya, this is gonna be a first! 

I hope you like it as much as i do. 

=-)