I'm a planner - I like to plan well in advance so I know what I'm doing. We have a rotation for who we give to at Christmas in our family (brothers, sisters, parents). It make it easier to plan and we don't have to get together for a drawing. Back in the fall of 2017, I knew I would be giving to my sister Tamia for Christmas in 2 years and was deciding what I would do when I saw a quilt kit that screamed Tamia's name. I remember as a kid seeing DaVinci's Starry Night on her bedroom wall and I know she likes Monet. To top it off, her house is decorated with many pictures of nature scenes. I've never bought a quilt kit before, always enjoying the journey of designing something unique, but this was a must!
I made the top in January 2019 and knew how I was going to quilt it - just waiting for my longarm. Then, the Christmas rotation was revised in October 2019 and I would no longer be giving to Tamia. I was frustrated to say the least, but I guess the good thing was that the fact that her present would be late (I was getting my longarm in January 2020) would no longer be a problem. I debated what to do, but to wait until the next time I had her name would would be another 10 or more years. I ended up giving it to her in the summer.
The kit is entitled "Water Lily Park" by Daphne Greig with Patchwork Studios featuring Northcott’s Artisan Spirit Water Garden fabric. I did use leftover fabric to increase the size. Then I custom quilted it following the picture in the center. In the outer part, I put swirly in the sky, circles (her favorite shape) in the greenery, and watery swirls in the blue.
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