In Love With Every Aspect of This Glam Clam Quilt

This quilt is such a departure from what I usually do.  These colors and fabrics are a part of my new favorite palette.  And there are no straight lines.  These clams all had to be cut by hand, not by rotary cutter.  I did think about piecing by hand, but then I snapped to my senses and did the piecing by machine. However, the quilting?  Yeah, all done by hand, baby, with wool batting and my favorite fabric for backing.If you zoom in, you might be able to see the print of a train or ferry schedule.  It’s very subtle.  

I love cutting the clams.  I loved sewing the clams with its odd assembly of left to right, top to bottom.  And I loved quilting this.  Almost like reading a fabulous book, I really slowed my sewing down the last week just to make the quilting last longer.   What a great quilt t end the year with!