Here is another quilt I had in my guild show last fall. It's a large quilt, about 108" square, so they had to fold the bottom up to hang it. It was a guild challenge that started in 2018. The idea was to start with a center medallion, whatever size and colors we wanted, and every month add a border that would be chosen at random by the challenge coordinator. I usually do fused, machine stitched applique, but decided to do all the applique on this quilt by hand so it would have a softer feel on the finished quilt. I did vow never to do hand applique again! :) I was able to complete all the borders as they were announced, but took a long time deciding how to quilt it, and then actually quilting it. I free motion quilt on a domestic machine, so a lot of 'wrangling' was required.
The guild show is not judged, but does have a viewers' choice award, which I was honored to win. This is the first quilt I designed myself with no pattern, only following the directive of which type of border to do each month. Also, I didn't buy any new fabrics, just used what was in my stash, so a win all the way around.
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