La Passacaglia Quilt Variation

I made this quilt based on the La Passacaglia pattern in Willyne Hammerstein's book--Millefiori Quilts. It measures 64 inches wide by 77 inches long. Where I differ from her pattern is that I did not cut the outer rosettes to make straight edges. Instead, I appliqued them onto a border fabric. The rosettes were pieced by the English paper piecing method and hand-quilted with an embroidery chain stitch. I titled this quilt, "A Lot of Too Much."

Miniature grandmother's flower garden quilt with rabbit

This quilt was made as part of a guild challenge for the 2016 Heart in Hand Quilt Show (Dawson County, GA:Sept 30-Oct 28). The quilt measures 12 inches wide by 18 inches long. I assembled it using the English paper piecing technique with hexagons that measured 1/2 inch in diameter. I then machine quilted it. The bunny rabbit was purchased for one dollar from a Goodwill thrift shop.