Cascades of Glory finished

 

This is the finished quilt from this quilt top.  It was quilted by a member of my quilt guild.  She volunteered to quilt all of the Quilts of Honor we are awarding this year.  She purchased a special 250th Anniversary quilting design and is using it on all the quilts this year.

I sewed the binding to the front of the quilt and turned it to the back, doing the whole process on my sewing machine. I used a dark blue thread for the top stitching.  The quilt was quilted in an off-white thread, and it might have been better to match that, but I didn't.  It looks fine.

Quilt Top for Scarlett

 

This quilt top is basically a large carpenter's wheel block (32") with a border (4"), but the fabric placement in the outer wheel part is designed to look like flowers.  After it was mostly sewn together, I thought it would have looked good (maybe better) if I had added a half-sqaure triangle of green at the base of each flower to continue the green square and add a green base to the flower.  But I didn't want to take out the necessary seams for that.  If I make one again with this design, I might try it that way.  

The print fabric is from the Muse line of fabric from 3 Sisters by Moda.  The green is Art Gallery Fresh Sage, and the background is Kona Snow.  The binding will be the same scarlet color as the centers of the flowers and the backing fabric will be another Muse print.