A Thing of Beauty

Here is my completed Japanese Puzzle quilt, nearly five months after I began it. Making this piece caused me to fall in love with batiks. As you can see, they are quite beautiful. I absolutely adore this quilt. It will have a very special place in our home, hanging over our front door in our entry way (inside the house). There is a perfect spot to display it for maximum effect.

As noted long ago, many thanks to Kathy S. at Cabin Fever who taught the Japanese Puzzle class, but also finished the piece for me by adding the magnificent flying geese and gorgeous borders. Without Kathy, this top would still be unfinished I fear. Of all the pieces I have made, this is by far and away my favorite - and Dear Husband's too.

Yesterday, I completed my floral quilt top. Funny thing about this hobby. You can work on a piece and all the while think, "This is too easy" or "I don't really like this," but once it is completed and you see it in its entirety you have a completely different view of it. So it was with this piece. It actually turned out to be quite lovely and the dramatic play between blacks and whites and the vivid colors in the flowers make it quite striking. Lesson learned: Don't judge a quilt top until it is completed. You might really surprise yourself.

Off to work on the latest Cabin Fever BOM, Barney the Bear. Quite adorable. I hope to finish him today.

Onward we go in quilt-land.