Color My World

Linda brought me this Color My World to quilt for her. Isn't it great? I love all the different houses and trees and the towers in the corners--Big Ben, Eiffel Tower and I don't know the names of the others. Color My World was the 2021 BOM at the Quilt Show, designed by Wendy Williams I was impressed that Linda had it finished to bring to quilt in January--my 2021 BOM is still in block form.

Originally, Linda had thought to put custom quilting on this quilt, but there are so many details, and so little space for custom quilting to show, that ultimately we decided a freehand edge to edge design was best.

Linda chose this design, as it represents a topographic map--my DH came along to have a peek while I was working on the compass area, and he got it immediately, "a compass and a topographic map" was his comment.

There were so many fun fabrics to look at while I quilted. Thanks Linda, for letting me play on your creation.

Beehive

Hello readers! Have you stuck with me through my blogging gaps? January and February are very computer intense for non-quilting reasons, and so I don't tend to spend any extra time sorting photos or writing posts. I also have little time for quilting, so have less to show. This Beehive runner is made by Colleen, for our guild exchange. This years theme was Flora and Fauna. I didn't participate this year, so quilting Colleens exchange was fun, and let me feel a little bit involved.

I quilted hexagons in the beehive itself, and then some ruler work in the bees wings, as the bees in the hive fabric had very segmented wings, and then a meandering loopy path as the bees buzzed along from flower to flower.

Colleen combined a few different patterns so there's no pattern to reference, although I think Elizabeth Hartman was involved somewhere.