Friday Finish Improv "Closer to you"
"Closer to you" approx 46" x 48" spiral quilting did not straighten edges, just bound as is I finished! I am super surprised at this one. I have been working on doing the Improv scores from the book The improv handbook for modern quilters by Sherri Lynn Wood. This is my #4 score on the patchwork doodle. I started the center blocks of this quilt last year when Louisiana Bendolph taught a class about Gees Bend quilts and quilters. A good portion of this fabric is up-cycled pieces from my moms scrap box. The coral strips are pieces from an old dress. There is even a dart or two in my quilt that I left in. Some of the denim is from a patch bag that she also had in her stash so I am assuming they are bits from her old jeans. I didn't have any striped scraps from my dads old Oshkosh overalls so I went to the thrift store and bought a few striped shirts. The lighter blue fabrics are from the portrait quilt I made of my mom called So Blue . ...