One of my friends, Carol, at the quilting bee brought in what she is currently working on. This was a quilt started by her friend who passed away. Carol was finally able to take it out and work on it.
It is a beautiful piece. The pattern came out some time in 1999 and was started by the friend as a block of the month, through the quilt store. All the fabrics were provided with each block.
Carol has decided to complete this quilt in a quilt as you go method, as the quilt itself is a big one. This will make it easier for her to manage the quilting of the quilt. The pieces that I have pictured here, are of the middle panel. There are two other panels, one for each side.
This panel has four blocks all together. This first one features a bird surrounded by a flowered vine. The appliqué is very detailed with layers upon layers, like the red trim on the wing and the wing on the body of the bird, which includes smaller feathers beside that. Many, many pieces and some of them are barely a 1/4". Do you see those tiny blue circles at the top right hand corner? This would not be for the novice or the faint of heart.
This next block features a spider's web. The spider is still in need of being attached. It will be cute when it is done. Do you see the little yellow butterfly at the bottom right hand side?
This third block features a four layer flower. This block alone has 56 pieces. There are those tiny little blue circles again. Even as tiny as they are, Carol has managed to make them so accurate in their shape as well as their size. Amazing Carol, your friend would be pleased.
Lastly, we have the fourth block from this panel. This one is of different types of flowers plus a butterfly. I think I took the picture of this block upside down. Sorry. This block has over 90 pieces in it.
My hat goes off to Carol who is finishing the work of another fellow quilter and one of her friends.
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