A pinwheel quilt for Suvi, cotton and silk, hand pieced and hand quilted, 43 x 43 inches. I chose the happiest fabrics I could find with lots of dots and stripes, and the happiest pattern I could think of for this joyful child. The third daughter for my son Jay and his wife Erika.
It took two years to hand piece the very small pieces into the fiddly pinwheel pattern. I took it with me on trips over through 2023 and 2024 as it was easy to pack a baggie of the small ready-pieced hst's (half-square triangles) in my purse. The border was made twice, because the first one stretched when I sewed it to all those seamed pieces. It seemed to work better when I used the applique technique instead.
The back is a giant pinwheel embroidered with Suvi's complete name. Suvi Selina Ruth Martin along with my name and the date of her birth in 2020.
I gave it to her on her 4th birthday, which was also her daddy's 44th. Suvi was delighted to open the parcel. "It's a Quilt! Grand mom finished the quilt!" she exclaimed.
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| july 2024 |
Number 114
