Megan's Quilt, c. 1983, 74" x 100"

Here are some pictures of Megan's Quilt, circa 1983, and still just a top in 2011.  It measures 74" wide by 100" long.  The broad outer border of cocoa brown is intended for fancy feather-garland hand quilting.  This quilt top is a combination of patchwork and small amounts of applique.

The green fabric with the darker green vine running through it was a Jinny Beyer fabric -- I think.  But whoever the manufacturer was, we soon found out (back in the 80s) that this fabric faded badly.  These patches have not faded but it's probably because this top has been folded in a pillow case for 28 years.  Before I baste and quilt this top I need to remove those green patches and replace them with something of the same color and value.  Yuck!  I hate mending! 
 
 

The whole enchilada...

 

How interesting when one crops out the brown border, huh?  It gives the entire quilt top a much lighter value.



  





Detail of the center panel.  The little hearts are hand-appliqued.



The hand-appliqued hearts in the corners.  (Beware that lovely green print with the dark green vines... drat!!)










One of the 5 inch blocks in one of the inner borders




One of the blocks in the corner where the flying geese borders intersect




 



Another 5 inch block

 


The pencil tracing for hand quilting -- someday!







One of the pine trees in the center panel.  The blue patch represents the sky.  Note all of the soon-to-fade green patches -- aarrgghh!