with the completion of my cathedral windows pillow, i had some anna maria horner themed mojo going, so i quickly moved into the making of my next addition to my epic amh quilt collection.
i decided on a quilt made up of groups of four flying geese blocks (so i could use a handy no-waste method of constructing them) and got to work pressing the entirety of my amh fabric stash and cutting 144 different prints into large and small squares. technically, i cut 148, because i lack an adequate tallying method. obviously, i had to arrange them in tidy little rows, to admire their collective beauty.
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then, i started in on making 288 flying geese blocks. ugh. while the no waste method makes this a slightly easier task, it is still a long process. so much pressing and trimming. and if i’m being honest, my sets of four were looking a little wonky before i started sewing them together. and then, i had a bit of a disaster when i was cutting the threads on some chain piecing, and sliced the bottom of one of my geese. i made a little patch to repair it and i think the error is hidden quite well.
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i chugged along like a little factory worker, and before long, i had a quilt top. as usual, i basted it up in the cavernous foyer, while watching some nfl pregame shows. this was before the bills broke my heart.
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at this point, i put this project into to-be-quilted purgatory. i wasn’t quite sure how i wanted to quilt it up, and also, some really amazing fabrics arrived in the mail and i got distracted by the making of another quilt.
eventually, i turned my attention back to this colorful beauty, and after quilting the aforementioned quilt in all straight lines, i decided this one would get the free motion treatment. i opted for rows of loops, matching the rows of flying geese, and pretty quickly, this one was ready for binding.
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i went ahead and made the binding for both quilts at the same time, so you’ll be seeing that pic again. :). for this quilt’s binding, i selected a different amh print from my local quilt shop (the red on the right). for the backing, i made use of a cut of amh fabric (brown center strip) i scored on super clearance awhile ago, which was only just barely big enough by like an inch. i added some more fabric (pink side strips) from said shop, bringing the total number of different anna maria horner fabrics in this one to 147.
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as soon as it bound, washed, dried, and properly crinkled, i enlisted the services of isaac lidbom, our resident tall human with ginormous wingspan, to hold it up for a photoshoot.
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we had to try all the angles, because the bright sun was either washing it out, or casting crazy shadows.
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amh quilts always make for a good quilt swirl photo.
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i love this one. i didn’t love making all the geese. and i probably wont make them again for a long long time. but. definitely worth it.
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So pretty! Love the creative patch you did. Perfect!