Garden Wall quilt
 

This quilt pattern is titled Garden Wall, and it's a Judy Neiemeyer quilt. It's not exactly like the pattern: I eliminated a column and a row to make it the size I wanted, and left it borderless, because I liked it that way. I picture it as a neighbor's flowering vine creeping over my fence, the sun shining down to meet the grass. The applique flowers were tediously hand-sewn together with invisible thread, although I did sew them to the quilt by machine. I also applied 600+ topaz 3mm rhinestones. I quilted in the sun's rays, and varied each ray between waves of light and flame-type swirls. The rhinestones are placed on the straight lines to help augment the straight rays of the sun. This project was originally started over a year ago, and I put it aside after it was pieced because I realized it wouldn't work for my original plan. I came back to it this spring, rethought what I was going to do with it, then resized it and finished it. Whereas I was going to donate it to a benefit auction, it's now mine and it is hanging behind my sewing machine table. Thanks for looking!

Your quilt is gorgeous and I love the sparkle of the jewels. I think I would hold on to this one too!!

Spectacular quilt!! Love the rhinestones, bet it looks great on your wall. After all this work, glad you're keeping it!

wow, love it and all these points!!!!!

I love the applique idea! lovely!!

Just beautiful! I also am glad you are keeping it.

Dina

This is a fine quilt. Fortunately, while we are inspired by patterns, we are not bound to them.

WOW!! it's just gorgeous, great job.

Absolutely gorgeous!