This is the small healing quilt I just finished. I’d like to make a larger one, and maybe add more embellishments, like embroidery and tassels to the bottom. I have a lot of ideas for another healing quilt. I’d like to experiment with quilt edges that aren’t straight. I’d like to do more with middle eastern archways.
It’s hard to see in this photo, but there are seed beads sewn in the flowers. I used fusible applique for the hamsa in the middle, and used a straight stitch to sew it down. I used to do a lot of paper-cutting with an Exacto knife. It’s harder with fabric, because it stretches, but the skill set is the same.
I call this one, “Circular Rectangles”. I started this quilt a year or so ago when I first taught my circular squares and rectangles class. I taught it again, recently, and made more rectangles with the same colors. I decided it was time to gather both sets of blocks together and make a quilt. My favorite part is the lower left corner where the edge of the pattern meets the blue of the negative space. I’d like to make another quilt like this, but with more negative space, and less busy, overall.
Here’s a detail of the quilting. I used my walking foot, of course.
