I've never posted any pictures before, so I hope this goes well.

This is a pattern I recently drafted. It's a quilt for my mother. She selected her favorite design from one of my quilt books, and I used the picture as inspiration for this pattern. She also picked the fabric. I am using the paper piecing technique to hopefully pull this off.

The radius of the circle is 20" (diameter 40 inches). Pretty darn big! I personally think this pattern is really challenging. Anyway, the photos are the early stages of the project.

That looks great!

Oh my giddy aunt! Where do you get such patience? And all paper pieced! Your Mum is one lucky lady! Love the colours, how long do you expect this to take you and will you hand or machine quilt? I look forward to seeing your up dates.
I am new to quilting and am astounded at the talent I see on this board!

Go Kiwiquilter!

Gal

Looking great, please keep us updated. :-D

In terms of effort - it should take me about another 10 full days to complete the piecing. I work full time and have to juggle in between other commitments so - this will take about 3 months all up to have the piecing done.

It will then be hand quilted.

My mother isn't "crafty" but does understand the effort involved, and will appreciate it when its finished. It will be 60" when finished, and I'm hoping she will use it for either a bed topper or over the back of the couch.

I'm doing this project as a huge thank-you, for her coming down to look after me after emergency surgery. At short notice she took time off work, and drove 7 hours to be with me. She looked after my every need; cooking, cleaning, shopping, dishes, chauferring, etc... I had post op complications and infections, and it took about 2 weeks before I was able to stand long enough to make my own meals again.

Anyway that's just a bit of background to explain why I'm putting so much time into it.

I hope your well now Kiwiquilter, what would we do without our Mum's...........and what a wonderful and thoughtful way to say thankyou to her.

I'm sure she will treasure your gift! :-)

What a wonderful Mother and a wonderful quilt! Love your colors and design.

What a great "thank you" for mom. I love your colors and admire your determination. Please keep us posted on your progress.

It seems like your mum will appreciate your work as much as you appreciated her support. I'm sure it will be a beautiful quilt and I can't wait to see progress pics.

What a great Thank You for your Mom. Will enjoy seeing your progress :)

Always great to give a good thanks. Lucky you and lucky Mom.

Always great to give a good thanks. Lucky you and lucky Mom.

Wow, you go girl!

In addition to your mom being wonderful to you - you are a wonderful daughter to her!

I am really looking forward to seeing the progress on this quilt, it is going to be a show stopper!

Wow, that is going to be an awesome quilt. Love the colors.

Woww!! I can hardly wait to see the finished product!!!

Hope you are feeling better.
What a beautiful, and wonderful way to thank your mum. I'm looking forward to you posting pictures as you go, so we can drool over it :)
Good health to you.
Sharon

Love your quilt and especially love the fabrics. Keep us posted. I can't wait to see it completed.

ditto to everyone's comments! :D :D

I too can not wait to see this progress. So far it looks drop dead gorgeous!

What a huge endeavor, but understand the need to do this for your DM. It looks so great so far and I can't wait until it's finished and get to see the nw pics!

That is going to be gorgeous when you are done. Your mom is one lucky lady! What a lot of effort, and you drafted it, which I find so impressive!

Thankyou for sharing your story, you are a very lucky lady and so is your Mum.

All the very best.

Gal

you are so brave to undertake that project. and it certainly is stunning. i can't wait to see it completed.

WOW!! that is amazing!

Hello again KiwiQuilter - that looks very interesting and I look forward to WIP in due course, like the colour choice already - that's one of many patterns on my 'To Do' list. Lucky you have a mum to care for you and give you inspiration.

Hey KiwiQuilter - I visited that site and left message, which I thought might be useful here, if not thought of by many before - scan the fat quarter fabric and google it to see if anyone else has stock :lol:

That is gorgeous! And kudos to you too for drafting your own pattern! I'm a PP novice and will be watching your progress eagerly!

Wow!!!!

cant wait to see it finished. Penny

That looks like it will be beautiful. Keep us posted.

Glad to hear you are feeling better. I hope you continue on your journey in healing and what a wonderful Mom. But, that is just like a loving Mom! I know she will treasure whatever quilt you make for her especailly the one you are working on.
Bootsie

Great pattern and colors (they're fantastic actually). Can't wait to see more!

Beautiful. Looking forward to more pictures

Ooh beautiful!! Your own pattern, too, fantastic job. :D
I love Mariner's compass patterns and want to make some big ones, too! Can't wait to see more as yours develops. Thank you for sharing. :D:D

Looks wonderful, love the colors, keep taking pics for us

Wow