Raindrops
Background
This was the project from a class Barbara took at The Quilted Garden beginning October 16, 2006. The pattern is by Judy Niemeyer. The materials, except for a fill-in we needed to add, are batiks. (Can you see the fabric we were forced to add?)
It is Barbara's first paper-piecing project. And, her first compass points project.
We collected the quilt from Catherine, after her professional quilting and binding, on July 16th, 2007.
It was designed to be a wall hanging. But, we want to use, and have used, it as a bed quilt.
Update (2025)
Some good friends of ours, currently in Ottawa, dropped in for a visit in September 2023. A long time since we last got together. It was a great visit. Lot's of laughter and pleasure in each other's company. And we got a good idea of how much she and Bruce liked quilts.
This past February, Barbara offered Lyn one of her quilts. Lyn looked over the web site and made a choice. We thought it would be the Peacock Bargello given how much she had said she liked blues. But we were wrong, turned out to be this one. Which, I guess, has plenty enough blues for Lyn.
She received it in early March:
“AND ITS DONE WITH BATIKS!!!
I love Batiks!”
See below for a photo of Raindrops in its new home.
Finished project
We also have photos of the top only, a close-up of the border, and the quilt in its new home.
It never ceases to amaze me, that as good as the top can look (and it this case it looks marvellous), how much better it always looks when it has been quilted, and the binding finished. There's just so much more texture.
