A total of 50 hand-embroidered blocks are the focus of Grandmother’s Travels. Such a wonderful challenge and a beautiful final product.
This is the 2nd project brought in by a lovely couple. The 50-year-old blocks have amazing detail but were not without a challenge.
This is the same couple that brought me Grandmother’s Butterflies. This lay out was a little more complicated and our final layout worked well.
For this quilt, deep blue fabric was the choice to complete the look.
Quilt Block Prep
If you read about Grandmother’s Butterflies, you know that the blocks were not flat. The Travel blocks were even more of a challenge.
I find that by using many of these tools, you can accomplish so much. The next step is to assemble it all and then to the long arm!
E2E Quilting
With all the lovely flowers embroidered into these blocks, pansies E2E seemed a wonderful fit.
There is a very deliberate look to these flowers as they move across the top of this quilt. The decision was to use Linen Glide. This allows the blocks to remain unhindered while showing off the flowers where the blue fabric resides.
Quilt Back and Label
The back of this quilt is a busy blue fabric that hides most of the quilting. I like the pretty blue label on the back with the flower.
There is also another amazing quilt from the same customer that includes Butterflies! But this is for another post.
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