This quilt has been almost a year in the making. My Brit Bee month for round 2 was August, and I sent out a pack of pre cut fabric to make up one block each in grey and aqua, with a white background, to each of my bee mates. I made my own aqua and grey ones, and then proceeded to add in some orange ones to make it up to a nice bed size, one of which was made by the lovely Cindy, guest Brit-Beeing for the month :o) The blocks may or may not have then sat until April waiting for me to get round to finishing the orange ones *ahem*
Having assembled the top, and added a 6″ border all round, I took it down to Susan’s at the end of May where we were having a bit of a Brit Bee get together, and handed it over to Trudi for her to work some feathery magic for me on it (whilst I could possibly have eventually learned how to do this myself, it was easier to make Thrifty instead ;o) )
Trudi handed the quilted masterpiece back over at FQR, and I got it bound on the Saturday night (oh yes, I really know how to paint the town red ;o) ) and here it is on Susan’s trampoline on the way home.
A close up of between the petals, which Lynz had a rather unusual name for on Instagram ;o)
The petals themselves:
And a look at the surrounding feathers in the border:
And here’s a look from the back, not sure if you can see the quilting any better right enough!
Now it’s got hanging sleeves on, and you can find it on its holidays in Edinburgh at Jo Avery’s shop, where she’s holding a month long quilt exhibition to tie in with the Fringe Festival.
Final Stats:
Fabric: Selection of fabric from a large number of lines + Michael Miller (binding) + Moda extra-wide (backing)
Thread: Quilted using Aurifil 50wt on top, and Superior Bottom Line on the back
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Size: 84″ x 72″
Piecing: Brit Bee + Cindy
Quilting: Free motioned feathers and swirls
Quilted by: Trudi Wood
Pattern: Retro Flowers by Christina Lane
Love it! I must throw some more orange in my quilts! Love that zing so it was worth the wait and adore that reverse block Katy! A triumph worthy of participating in the Festival!
Beautiful.
It looks fantastic Katy!
It's gorgeous and you know Lynz kinda has a point now I look closely 😉
It's beautiful and I am so glad I got to see it in person too.
wow it is a beauty !
This is so beautiful.
This is a truly marvelous Quilt and I'm so glad I got to see it in person
Love it!
Well done to all who played their part in this fantastic creation – it really is lovely.
It looked stunning at retreat and stunning here, love the rogue orange outer
It really is lovely and super funky. And the quilting don't look nothing like alien va-jay-jays now. At all. Honest. *g* Another Brit Bee triumph!
Beautiful! As others have said, I think that that one reverse orange block makes it x
That Lynz is one dirty biatch, I like her style!
Ha ha ha Lynz!
I think I should charge an appearance fee for being at the Fringe!
This really is a spectacular quilt! The quilting highlights the blocks beautifully. It's been fun watching this come together!
Yay! It's fabulous!! Love all the feathery quilting! How cool that it's going to be on show for a month, it'll get a lot of admirers!!
Absolutely beautiful. Its so eye catching – Im sure it'll be stopping people in their tracks. LOVE those colours.
You (and the Brit Bee gals ) did a great job. That quilting is perfect for that quilt.
Thrifty is so happy and he loves the orange binding!
Well it's beautiful – I love it!
That is some seriously feathery awesome!
Wow! Lovely to be a tiny part of such a lovely quilt. Trudi's quilting is stunning. jxo
Truly gorgeous, love everything about it!
Absolutely gorgeous – Trudi does really beautiful quilting!
That's beeyootiful! Is it always going to be a hanging quilt?
It is absolutely fantastic! How nice it will be for you to snuggle under that masterpiece!
That quilt is beautiful and I love the feathers in the quilting!
Great combined effort!
It's truly lovely! I don't know how you can bare to send it away. Make sure you get it back in time for autumn snuggling.
Wow! Love!
Gorgeous!! Great colours and that binding is perfection!! Trudi works her magic yet again 🙂
Long time in the making but well worth it, it is gorgeous!
Beautiful!
It's fabulous – well worth the wait!
Oh its fab!!! I love it!!!
Gorgeous! Such a beautiful quilt, and Trudi's quilting is amazing, as always.
FANTASTIC! Great finish. Hmmm. . I wonder what my bee blocks would look like in a quilt.
It is really lovely, Katy…and I love the feathers. Is it due to live on Katy's bed (when the weather turns colder)?
Now come on, I'm sure I've seen this one before. are you recycling projects??!!