Celebration time! Here is the finished quilt I named “Celebrate Life”, which by this time is already in Brazil on its way to its owner.
I changed the pattern a bit from Carmen Christian’s 2004 American Beauty, published on Evelyn Sloppy’s book 40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts, and it now measures 84″ x 92″. Finding a fabric for the border was tricky (although I ended up using something from my stash – yeah!).
Free-motion quilting was easier than I expected! I used the quilting foot with the feed dogs down, and different stitches for each color section: stippling on greens, using green Masterpiece by Superior thread, stringing hearts on red, with red thread by same company, and squiggles on the yellow section. Too bad I did not take a picture of the quilting for you to see it!
I am glad it is finished, and I am also glad I will have more time to blog now that my mom has gone back home (bittersweet, though, as I will miss her company).
As you can see, I’ve been busy… How about you?
This is really pretty! I love the green step design within the diamonds.
Thanks, Amanda! I had a lot of fun making this quilt…