#QisforQUILTING!

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New Project: Mini Quilt

For my trip east recently I wanted to have a hand project I could work on whenever I found some spare time. 

I prepared the two layers in this reverse appliqued piece by marking out the shape on the background color. Then it was basted to the second layer which would appear as the letter when the top shape was cut away and turned under to stitch.



I planned ahead enough to bring along a square of batting and a small collection of embroidery floss; odds and ends that needed to find a purpose. But I neglected to plan for the back of the quilt. Fortunately, during my travels, I was able to find just the right fat quarter to use as a backing. 


My vision was to emphasize the activity I was trying to memorialize by heavily quilting the background.  

It wasn't until I was going through the pictures I took in Colonial Williamsburg that I realized the choices I made for this 12x12 mini quilt match the color palette I found there. The quilting in this project even suggests the textures of brick. 

Guess I was already thinking along these lines before I left. Perhaps that's why I found the trip full of things to inspire future projects!


  

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