In honor of Mardi Gras, I present my Mardi Gras quilt.
In February, I took a two-session class at Sew Much More, taught by the talented and gracious Terri Waddle. The class instructions said to bring several single-color or tone-on-tone fabrics. In my stash of about a gazillion pieces of fabric — a slight exaggeration, but not by much — I usually have zero pieces that are plain or tone-on-tone. My tastes run to fabrics with bright prints: flames, lightning bolts, dogs, cats, and roses, for example, and anything batik or Asian.
What’s an art quilter to do?
Fortunately, my friend Shelly gave me a fat quarter set of — TA-DA! — some really nice single-color fabric for Christmas. Just in time! Once I saw how bright the quilt was with my new single-color fabrics, I named it my Mardi Gras quilt.
Pattern ready to be traced
Fabric legend, very important
Starting to come together
Only one more piece!
Quilted and binding finished. It’s a miracle!
It's a long story ... 