Carolina Lily

This quilt design has been on my list of quilts to make for so many years.

I was always going to make a big traditional version of this design.

But then I found a pattern for a 30" version of it.

What a great way to get a design out of my system.

I am now happy to have it ticked off my list and love the mini version.

This quilt has been foundation pieced on pre-printed tissue paper - some 

by hand and some by machine.

As the quilt is small it means that the pieces within each block are also

quite small so I hand pieced the individual small units and then 

jumped on the machine to join them together.

This system worked very well as you probably know I will hand piece

anything I can. But once it came to sewing the units together there was 

quite a bit of bulk in the seams so the machine was definitely a good option.

It was an interesting process as when I started I thought I was 

going to have a red outer border, as I am not really a great fan of green.

But then I auditioned each option - red or green?

And it became quite obvious for me - green.

Lesson learnt / reinforced - choose your borders once the

 central part of your quilt top is made. 

How many times have your purchased a border and then when the time

 came for it to go on you have changed your mind. I certainly have 

done this - but not recently. That lesson has been learnt!

Now it is ready to be pin basted ready for hand quilting.

And it is ready for me to teach in my "Stitched By Hand" class 

that starts this Friday at the shop