Garden Party

I have been piecing the various blocks needed for Bonnie Hunter's Garden Party quilt at the Jane Stickle retreats the last several years. Sewing all the blocks together went fast, a lot faster than piecing the individual blocks.

I decided to take the flimsy to a new to me long arm quilter, Dana Stalter. I am well pleased, she actually had the quilting finished and returned the quilt back to me within 10 days! 

This is a very busy quilt and those little squares finish at 1". I selected an all over Baptist fan quilting (no surprise there) to secure all the little pieces. 

This is not a regular Baptist Fan design, it's the one designed by the Three Sisters Fabric. This isn't the 3 Sisters who design fabric for Moda (I think it's Moda), 'my' sisters had a store before the designers started designing.

Can you believe it? I've actually made a quilt in which the main color is red. The backing fabric is red wide backing. My quilt was 97" before quilting but it shrank, now it's 92" by 94.5". I wish that I had added another row but too late now. Garden Party is found in Bonnie Hunter's Addicted to Scraps book.              

                                                                               

Next week is another Jane Stickle retreat and I've been trying to decide what project I'll work on. Maybe it will be another long term Bonnie Hunter quilt? I'll let you know what I sewed at retreat on my next Wednesday blog post which will be April 15.

Linking to Wednesday Wait Loss, Put Your Foot Down, I Quilted This!, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap