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Is everyone staying warm during the “polar vortex?”  Ugh.  Sounds like an action movie, I care not to be experiencing.

I love show and tell.  I always find it so inspiring.  I hope to be better this year on showing and telling. ๐Ÿ™‚  Next up…Settler’s Puzzle, an original design I quilted for Pam Buda of Heartspun quilts.  Pam will have all the details on the pattern here.  I took a ton of photos for your viewing pleasure, but you may see some duplicates on Pam’s blog. ๐Ÿ™‚

Threads are So Fine by Superior.  Two layers of Dream Orient batting from Quilter’s Dream Batting.  I wanted to give the quilting definition.  Many times on the darker, reproduction style fabric, the quilting tends to get lost.  Double batting helps to avoid that.  Dream Orient has a lightweight feel and wonderful drape.

The pattern is a gorgeous design!! A cool take on a Irish Chain style quilt.  Feathers and curved crosshatching make for a wonderful combination.  I wanted to create the illusion of curves repeating surrounding the white squares and pinwheels.  I LOVE how it turned out.

All the quilting is freehand.  I used a my curved rulers from Jamie Wallen available here.

The corner design frames the quilt so well!

Close ups.

Some as I was quilting photos on the frame.  It still amazes me the transformation quilts make from unquilted to quilted. ๐Ÿ™‚

The back may tie the front as my favorite.  You can really see the secondary circular design created from the back!!

I will do a follow up post to this one discussing how I came up with design and some marking tips for quilts. ๐Ÿ™‚

On a sad note, please keep my dearest friend Lisa in your thoughts and prayers.