Posies are finished!

Not quite a year after we started, we finished the quilt! It features a simple posy or ditsy flower in hand-dyed fabrics hand appliqued on black backgrounds. This was a joint project with my mother, Blogless Meg, inspired by a 1930s quilt kit found on ebay and featured on Barbara Brackman's blog.

Here's a couple of views where you can see the border.

A close-up of the centre medallion. Note the differences in background fabric, leaves, stems, and placement of the flowers. We went with an organic approach.

It is machine quilted with spirals and outline quilting by Katie Friesen, a quilter from Winkler, Manitoba, who also designs applique patterns.

The only fabric we purchased for this quilt is the binding. It's an Alexander Henry print called Everglades.

We used some of the same print on the back too.

This quilt still needs a name. We are planning to donate it to my sons' school as a fundraiser. More details on that later.