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.
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
10 comments:
The Baptist Fan was a great choice for this quilt pattern. Your piecing is amazing. Aren't all those scraps so much fun to put together? I made one in red as well. I gave it to one of my best friends. You can see mine:https://new2quilting.blogspot.com/2020/12/garden-party-is-finished-2020-rsc-wrap.html
She proudly displays it on the bed in the guest bedroom that you can see from the living room. It makes me smile every time I sit in her living room and get a glimpse of of it. Can't wait to see what get created at your April retreat!
I LOVE this!! Gorgeous...
hugs
Donna
Beautiful quilt finish--love all that pretty red!! And the B-Fan quilting looks spectacular--lovely owrk hugs, Julierose
She is a beauty, Gretchen! It’s surprising to see your unquilted and quilted dimensions. I never would have guessed that there would be quite this much shrinkage. I have made Garden party once and it is rare that I want to make a quilt a second time, but this is one that I’ll make again. Have a great day!
I may make a 2nd GP someday but it will be awhile before that happens!
What a beautiful quilt, you did a wonderful job! Love the quilting too. Looking forward to your retreat post.
Lovely quilt! Man those are small pieces. No wonder it took a while to sew each block. The result is beautiful. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2026/04/01/wednesday-wait-loss-478
Oh Gretchen, this is gorgeous! The red is way out of your color comfort zone. The fan was the perfect quilting design.
The clerks at Calico Point mentioned that I don't normally buy red fabrics when I bought some red fat quarters but I love this quilt! I'm even thinking I may make another one someday. I do wonder what it would look like with a blue chain but I would probably use red again.
It's gorgeous! (And, surprise, it's not blue!) 94" square is a big quilt, for sure. Lots of scraps busted for this one.
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