This quilt was inspired by my eternity ring, bought by my husband on a family holiday to The Isle of Skye, Scotland. The Celtic symbol of eternity is depicted in the intertwining bands. The floral design and colours are based on Scottish thistles, inspired by my husband’s Scottish heritage.
It is a small wall quilt, measuring 130 cms square.
As the appliqué was quite intricate, it needed to be fusible raw edge to keep the pointy ends of the thistle leaves. I then machine appliquéd the edges using a small blanket stitch in a matching machine embroidery thread. The intertwining celtic knot border proved a bit tricky, but I am very happy with the finished look.
I used fine french cotton prints for the appliqué as they are finely woven and worked well for fusible appliqué with minimum fraying.
I wanted to leave some negative space in the design to provide the opportunity for free motion quilting designs to extend the appliqué pattern.
Lyn Keogh Quilts 
lyn, once again, you have created a wonderfully beautiful peice of art, the colors, the shapes, the quilting, the whole which is bigger than all its parts, truly a pleasure to look at again and again. thank you for sharing. shoshana
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Thanks for the close up of your magnificent quilt- its a tour de force
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Absolutely beautiful, love the soft and subtle colors and quilting as well. I’m inspired!
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Thankyou for your kind comments. It is one of my favourite quilts.
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