Ten Years on
I finally finished this quilt, made with FQ I collected on a trip to New Zealand in 2005. After deciding to use the BQ pattern to showcase large blocks of the focus fabrics, I found and HAD to use the background fabric that included NZ flowers. That meant I ordered it from New Zealand at $23 per meter plus international shipping. I originally planned to make a smaller wall hanging, hence I had 2 yards of backing fabric but I used my leftovers (some pieces were FQ, some were 1/2 meter) to make the back large enough (it is 72" square). The quilting is a pantograph called "Lynn's Fern", I wanted ferns because it is the NZ symbol. I embroidered the label and incorporated a picture taken on our trip (used for our Christmas card that year). I am very happy at how it came out and it is now hanging on a large blank wall in our living room.
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