Turning Leaves

Sydney brought this wonderful batik Turning Leaves quilt for some custom quilting.  The pattern was originally published in a 2002 Quiltmaker magazine but now is available as a download on the Quilting Daily website

I have seen this pattern done with machine applique in the past but Sydney decided to hand applique her blocks.  I used a thin Microquilter thread to stitch in the ditch around the leaves.  I was able to quilt the rest of the quilt with one blendy color of So Fine thread.

Veins in the leaves, some accent stitching in the block corners, loops in the sashing and an echo curve border were our design choices.

I love how the quilting shows on the back as well.