My Circle Quilt

Last year our Guild had a challenge. We were given a bag with 5 items in it. We had to use 3 of the 5 and make a quilt 36" and it had to be a circle. I decided on a medallion style and instead of straight borders, I made them into a circle.
I really grew to love this quilt. I had used the inner border batik in another quilt, and had some left. So that became the basis for the color choices. The 3 items I chose to use were orange rick rack, multi-colored rainbow yarn and beads. I cut the yarn so I only used the yellow/orange section and attached it to the flower.

I decided to use each item in a single in each flower. I fused the flowers, but hand appliqued the vase.

This was my first attempt at this quilting design. I used 1" in the border and 1/2" inside. It's not perfect but I was encouraged and will definitely use it again.

I sold this to a co-worker who has it hanging in her breakfast room. Using embellishments is not something I ususally do (actually not ever - LOL) but I was really happy with the way this turned out.

Until next time, make something beautiful.

Karen