I've finished this quilt top - it is a wallhanging size quilt (about 45" square). It started out as block of the month hosted by Homestead Hearth, pattern by Primitive Gatherings (the original can be seen here)
I felt that the background fabric chosen for the b.o.m, was a bit dark, so I machine appliqued the pieces with a heavy gold coloured thread, which did lighten them up a bit. And, because I almost always want to make a pattern "my own", I set the applique blocks with a churn dash block on a slightly lighter background. The churn dash blocks are slightly stretched - a churn dash block is made with three equal proportions of 2" each for a 6" block, these are 7" blocks so I made the centre section 3".
I have the quilt top pinned to my design flannel, and I don't want to take it down to quilt it! I'm just so enjoying looking at it, I think it will (or has) become my favourite wall hanging.
