I have finally finished my Sketches of Spring quilt and just got it back from the quilter's. This is the third quilt that my friend Catherine Hanna has quilted for me and she again did a wonderful job of helping to choose a quilt design and thread colour. She used a variegated thread with lime greens, magentas and pinks and the colours really show up well on the quilt. Also for this quilt, I used 2 layers of bamboo batting. In fact, Catherine was the person who originally suggested I use 2 layers way back when I brought my first quilt to her. In the past, I had been disappointed with how my quilts turned out when other people machine quilted my quilts. I used to use 1 layer of Hobbs Heirloom but found it was too thin and not very warm. Now using 2 layers, they are much thicker and cosier. I couldn't be happier!
Catherine Hanna's studio is located in Surrey, BC and you can visit her website at: www.quiltedgarden.ca. She is an excellent quilter, a wealth of information, very friendly and is very fun to talk to. I always enjoy visiting with her when I go.
Below are the pictures of my quilt.
You can see the rose/flower design Catherine carefully lined up on the border fabric.
A little closer view. I don't ordinarily spread my quilts out over my pillows like this - this is just to show the quilt.
Here you can see the variegated thread.
Closer still.... Sorry about the shadow here.
I hope you like this quilt. Let me know if you would like to see more pictures.
Take care everyone and Happy Valentine's Day!!
Rosie
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