This quilt I made for the percussion teacher at our HS that had been there forever. He taught my brother and was teaching my son. For some reason, he decided to retire and I wanted to do something nice for him. I knew he would appreciate it because his wife is a quilter. I found a fabric that had drums and other percussion instruments and based the colors around that.
I chose a more simple pattern (I've seen it called Labyrinth and Labyrinth Star, maybe has some other names as well) so I could get it ready to quilt sooner than later. I then designed a pantograph that was based on the border percussion fabric, but when I tested it, it needed an overhaul. I debated spending another week on remaking the pantograph or spending that time on quilting it, so I opted for really time consuming (at least 52 hours) quilting.
It's a mixture of ruler and free-motion quilting. Lots of marking and going for it.
I can't even tell you how much I LOVE the way it turned out. I debated redoing the center star, but those I asked, said I should keep it.
It's a shame that the feather quilting on the border is not very visible, I was super proud of what I did.
All in all, I was very proud of the way this turned out. So glad I did custom work instead of a pantograph, even if the panto would have been percussion instruments.
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