03.28.20 My Favorite Quilt

I worked on this design for over a year.  Then worked on the piecing for a year…and then because I loved the quilt so much I had to take a lengthy pause to really make sure the quilting I added would be perfect.  Well, it’s not perfect, but I do love how it turned out. I hang this quilt in our family room all year!  I just love it.

I am happy to share this pattern with you.  Like the rest of my free patterns I have only sparse directions.  My intention is to share the idea with some direction and hope that you are able to take if from there. The pattern I have posted includes a seven, five, and three-inch block for paper-piecing. I hope you find something fun to do with the pattern.

I have included a couple of photos of the layering of my quilt using Harriet Hargrave’s techniques for layering and pinning, which has never failed me. Even when I piece the backing, which I had to do with this quilt, her method allows me to know what is going on with the backing to place the piecing where I want it in relationship to the front. If you have not explored her books, I highly recommend a that you do. She has been a leader in domestic machine quilting. I owe so much of my ability to free-motion quilt to reading and studying her books. I ALMOST got to attend a week-long retreat years ago, but the retreat location changed and I was unable to attend. I have two editions of her comprehensive Heirloom Machine Quilting books and I have all the books in her amazing Quilters Academy series. She has deep, useful, practical information packed into her books. In later posts, I will mention the many other domestic quilters who have shared their expertise and inspired me.