This quilt is my favorite quilt pattern -
Trip Around The World, the pattern that
Eleanor Burns published in a Woman's Day magazine in 1986. Last year I found homes for old quilts, but in doing do, I depleted my quilt stock. So it's time to rebuild. This quilt started with two fabrics from Janet Clare's Wordsmith line. The inner border is just a leftover bit of a old fabric, and one of the borders uses the rest of one of the fabrics - the topographical one. I did my own quilting and love how it reinforces the design.
And what a great pattern! Despite this pattern being traditional, I do label this quilt "modern" because it represents an economy of time and an economy of fabric and yet still yields a great design punch. And best of all? This quilt is usable and so soft. The second fabric in the binding is
Maker by AGF. I'm totally impressed with how I managed to get the words like "Create" and I Make Stuff" and "Handmade" to line up so nicely - just a happy coincidence. I started this quilt last Saturday, and I finished it yesterday. Very satisfying. Very very satisfying.
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| The backing is from Zen Chic with an added strip of a favorite AGF leftover. |
