Water Lily for the Modern Quilt Guild Michael Miller Challenge - a finish Friday

Quilter in the Closet: "Water Lily" for Modern Quilt Guild Michael Miller Challenge Quilt 

It's finished!  Hooray for that!  This challenge quilt sure was a challenge.  I've never only worked with Fat Eighths before, never made this block before the challenge (though I did make a practice one for this challenge), and I quilted the whole thing while coughing and sneezing - no easy task.  Don't you just love summer colds?  But it is done, and I am pleased with how it turned out.

Here's a bit closer look at it:

Quilter in the Closet: free motion quilting the Michael Miller challenge quilt.

And for those of you who like a pic of a backside (not that kind of backside, mind you!).

Quilter in the Closet: the backside (of the quilt, not my backside)

The piecing of the small Dahlia block was pretty challenging, and when it came time to quilt it, I didn't really want to cover up the block with any special quilting.  So, I just stitched it in the ditch.  Later I added some really small pebbling to the outer edge of the block so the flower shape would stand out a little more.  I also quilted a ghost block in the negative space, and my favorite Seafoam filler in the spaces between.  I think it makes the quilt look a little like a water lily floating on a pond during a gentle rain.

What do you think?


Thanks for reading today,

Jen


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