Sunflower
I’ve always liked black and white. Yellow comes and goes. A portion of the Sunflower blocks were pieced with Edyta Sitar’s Dresden Plate tecnique.
2021
49” x 66”
Planning and evaluating sashing and posts in 2008
Planning and evaluating the sashing in 2012
Blocks, sashing, and posts all done in 2020 - ready to assemble the top!
Often I like to consider what kind of quilt could be made with only some components of my current project - this could be interesting
Evaluating the posts by uploading images into spreadsheet cells, medium value solid posts on the left, light quarter circle applique in the middle version, and I chose the medium value quarter circles on the right
The border stripe is actually one large turned-edge rectangle that was appliqued onto the border after the border was attached to the quilt top
Some of the yellow threads used in the machine quilting
Details of the machine quilting
Details of the applique, sunflower piecing, and machine quilting - using a cotton batt that shrinks creating the patina that I love in a quilt
Details of the applique and machine quilting - I love the patina created after washing a shrinky cotton batt