Tumbleweeds - a Judy Niemeyer pattern
A friend gave me this pattern, which is a retired paper pieced pattern by Judy Niemeyer called Tumbleweeds. This friend now only makes art quilts of her own design, and I think she wanted me to suffer a little. After my last two quilts I had hoped to tackle something easier, but it wasn't meant to be.
I wasn't thrilled with the look of the pattern on the box (drab colors), but I searched online for other variations and found one that was made with rainbow colors. That one I liked! So I copied that idea and made my own version, all from stash and much of it from scraps. I've never sewn so many curves in one quilt!
Quilted free-hand on my Innova longarm. The last picture shows the quilting and the backing, but the first features Drake, my standard poodle, who always poses with new quilts. This time I didn't even have to ask, he just walked on and waited for me to take the picture.