Puzzle Quilt

Last Piece in Place

If you haven't noticed, I haven't done a puzzle quilt post this week until today. I finally got the quilt finished, although a little later than I'd like to have finished it. I'll save the comments for later in this post, so here it is (oops, sorry, cut off the top 1/4"!):

This piece is 12"x12" square, and I think it turned out pretty well, as I designed some of it as I went. Remember that the theme is "puzzle", and my final title is "Whose Things Are These?". Notice that the necklaces and flowers that represent the earrings form question marks, as a little extra to the whole theme.

There is a lot of beading detail, not that that's a big surprise! Let's take a closer look:

Here's the blue flower I showed a while ago, now complete with the rest of the flowers and leaves:

Here's the detail of one section, you can see that I've joined the three sections with beads - not a new technique for me, right?;) You can barely see it, but the handkerchief section is echo quilted, while the other two sections have different background fillers.

Yes, those are real necklaces. I made them for this project and they are couched to the quilt in the shape of a question mark. The dot of the question mark is a cluster of flowers that imitate a pair of vintage earrings that have a cluster of three similarly colored flowers made of tiny painted shells.

The top corner section inspiration was taken from the vintage compact, which has pretty little flowers with pearl centers:

I'm fairly happy with the quilt - I had an idea of where I was going with it when I started, but wasn't sure exactly of the final product. It is a bit more abstract of an interpretation of the theme, but I feel that it relates to me and the things I love to collect.

I can't wait to see what next theme will be. It will be announced Mar. 1.

Parting Shot: Cookies! My daughter and I made cookies today to take to a friend's house tonight. Part of getting to help is getting to lick the beater!

LindsayT: No, the red fabric is not quilted - wish I would have seen that one, probably should have asked! It is a sweatshirt fabric I found in the Annex. Even so, it is still soft after washing and didn't turn stiff and boardy like fabric I could have bought locally. My son asked the staff at Mood about Swatch and they said he had to stay home yesterday due to the weather; maybe next time we'll see him. I did see him last fall when I visited.