Eileen's Pinwheels

This lovely batik Pinwheel quilt was made by Eileen.  As she was working on it, her sister Deann mentioned how much she liked it.  Eileen decided that this quilt would make the perfect gift for Deann and Jeff's 40th wedding anniversay, and she contacted me to get it quilted.

I have gotten to know Deann over the last few years as she herself has also started quilting, and I am getting a sense of her style which is quite different than her sister Eileen’s.  Eileen is firmly in my "no feathers" group of clients.  The quilt was telling me it would look great with a few feathers, and since it wasn't going to live at Eileen's house but rather Deann's.... I sent over some doodles that included feathers becuase I thought Deann would like them.  Eileen agreed with my suggestion and away I went.

I kept the quilting quite simple.  I didn't do any stitiching in the ditch.  I was able to use a single colour of thread and found a good path that allowed me to travel across the quilt without breaking thread.  I settled in and had a lot of fun quilting the feathers, curls, loops and curves with no rulers or marking involved.

The navy Stonehenge backing was a bit tricky to photograph but a cool pattern emerged on the back.

Thanks for trusting me Eileen, I loved being in on the surprise.