I've been thinking about a name for this appliqued piece, which I was happy to finish binding this week in between holiday preparations. It started out as a neutral string background that had hung around for a long time, waiting for just the right thing to applique onto it. I had thought of a basket of bright flowers, but I just never got serious about finding or creating a pattern.
Last spring a guild member showed an antique quilt she had found, and I finally knew just what I wanted to do. The blocks in her quilt were about 18", and my melon shapes are a little larger resulting in a 24" x 24" piece. But the colors are very similar. I love pink and blue together. I hand appliqued the melons mostly at my Saturday sewing group meetings this year; then I echo quilted around and inside the shapes using a walking foot. I love the way it turned out. The quilting smoothed out all the bulges that often appear in string quilts so that it lies relatively flat.
Since I started appliqueing this wall hanging, I've amassed quite a few "strings" which I hope to put together this year, maybe alternating the neutrals with the colored blocks. But that's another thing to think about in 2023!
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