The finished quilt looks very simple and may look like a bit of a cop-out to some but it probably took just as much time and trouble as all the others.
It started with a piece of fabric I had which I think I bought some time ago. It had been hand dyed and had the appearance of green and yellow stripes and as soon as I saw it in my stash it reminded of a particular cactus we had seen in Gran Canaria - my theme for the year's quilts.
However, the fabric was completely the wrong shape and try as I might I couldn't get it to the 11" square I wanted as the joins needed meant the stripes did not match up. The downside of hand dyed fabric. The only way out was to dye my own but of course my result just wasn't as good as the original!
I tried out several ideas for how to create the spikes and settled in the end for free machine quilting them.
The November quilt is already to go but I've had a mind block for the final one so let's hope I have some inspiration soon.
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