All finished – a time to celebrate.

This quilt grew from a challenge set by my local quilting group. We celebrated 30 years of quilting this year, so the challenge was 30 or Pearl. I chose to design 30 blocks and incorporate them into one quilt. I had long wanted to do a wool felt appliqué project and this provided the perfect opportunity to play with colour and experiment with wool embroidery.

I chose coloured cotton prints from Tilda’s bloomsville blenders and used these for the appliqué circles. They were needle turn appliquéd onto the cream squares.

The felt appliqué pieces were then matched to the colours in the respective rings. I used the same print fabric for the pieced border.

Originally the design incorporated sashings but I decided to simply piece the finished blocks and make a feature of the quilting. Lots of small circles and feathers fill the background negative space. I am so happy with the finished effect. I think it compliments the appliqué beautifully.

My 10 year old granddaughter has already claimed ownership and decided this quilt needs to hang in her bedroom.