Before presenting a workshop, I always sew a new version of the project to have it fresh in my mind. When preparing for the recent class on
Maritime Beauty, I decided to give my project a bit more zing. Here's the result, and even though I've named it "Snow Beauty", it really is :)
I used beautiful
Hoffman batiks, printed with snowflakes, in black and greys.
The large snowflakes were fussy cut for the centre, and for the semi-circles on each end.
There was enough solid black around the snowflakes that I could cut plain background pieces to square out the centre sections.
I chose a medium grey Aurifil thread (#2610) for piecing. When it came time to quilt, Aurifil #4060, which is a very subtle white to medium-dark grey variegated, was a perfect choice to blend with the batiks.
My quilting was free-form ice shards. The spikes of the New York Beauty block make a perfect halo around the batik snowflakes.
I am really, really pleased with how this turned out.
The pattern for original Maritime Beauty may be
downloaded here.
