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| Lady of the Lake |
It was back in the 1980's and probably took be about 6-9 months to complete.
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| Inspirational Book |
The piecing was done by machine, and actually went fairly quickly because I was an avid seamstress. The hand quilting was the challenge. I had a quilting hoop that I kept in my family room and worked on it while watching TV in the evenings. At some point, I decided it was going to take forever to quilt it, so I did the bare minimum I could get away with, applied the binding, and started using it. Then whenever I wanted to do more quilting, I'd pull it off the bed and do a small section. Then back onto the bed it went until the next time.
It's been in my attic for many years and I started to worry that it may have not held up well, so I took it down and am pleased that it did just fine. It is a variation of the Lady of the Lake quilt pattern. I first saw it in this small book I picked up; The Pattern Library: Quilting and Patchwork by Michelle Walker.
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| Lady of the Lake Block |
The pattern is a repeated block and as the blocks are assembled, they are rotated.
The hand quilting is very basic and not very imaginative. I was still developing my hand quilting technique, but by the time I finished this king sized quilt, I pretty much had it down!
I love the way the alternating position of the blocks give the appearance of fish.
Here are the things I learned in making this quilt:
- Never underestimate the value of quality batting. This quilt suffers from "bearding" due to poor quality batting.
- Hand quilting is difficult and time-consuming. I developed a new respect for any hand quilting I come across.
Extras
Until I dragged this out of the attic, I had completely forgotten about the pillow shams I made to match. Sorry for the poor lighting and wrinkles.