Bars and Elephants

This was a very early quilt, made in 2010 using fabrics that were rich and reminded me of stacks of Indian saris. The patchwork was simple, contrasting the complicated work I had just completed on Ben's quilt, Grid, featured elsewhere on this blog. It was my first stab at free motion quilting ever, and I did it without dropping the feed dogs, meaning it was a rollicking time fighting with my machine until I decided to ditch the presser foot too - then it was practically anarchy. So, don't look too closely at the free motion quilting here. Just use it in my backyard when you're over for a picnic.