PICK A PETAL -- Show Your Finished Top Here

[Faith R.]

Loved doing this quilt. On the log cabin blocks I fussy-cut the center block and colored the figure, then hand embroidered the whimsical ladies.

[Barbara B.]

What a wonderful job you did, making this quilt your own!

[Karen O.]

Oh, how darling, So original. I love it.

[Jennifer C.]

Hello All-- As we have reached the end of the year I am happy to be able to report that I have finished my version of this year's bom. I learned a lot about color, prints, how to stich by hand, cutting with precision, modifying design and never giving up. This is my "wall hanging" version -- when I thought I was finished making all of the outer borders I found I needed to make four more! lol (thats the break at the top) -- which I am finally working on today. Happy Holidays to all -- happy quilting. Thank you Barbara and all who post.

Jennifer

[Barbara B.]

Beautiful! I love how you made it your own.

[Cissa]

My Pick a Petal hanging on my wall. It's a very happy quilt. Thank you all for a nice BOM.

[GypsyBobbin]

My final top pick a petal…
I truly loved doing this project.
it brought back memories of hand stitching with my grandmother and mother.✂️

[Lynn H.]

Here it is after quilting

I misread the instructions and ended up with a lot of outside blocks.

[lholzhu]

Here is my Pick a Petal Plus.
It was revealed to my Sunflower Quilters guild during our quilting retreat.

Machine pieced the entire quilt. All the curves went smoothly. Didn’t like Jen’s appliqué so I drew my own.

[Barbara B.]

Beautiful colors, and I like your appliqué.

[Linda]

[Marilyn M.]

Beautiful quilt - very lovely and innovative work. Congratulations!

[Helen W.]

Linda, Love how you were able to give the pattern a more calming look. Love the quilting. How did you
make the flower heads? Love how all the techniques work together. HelenW

[Linda]

The flowers were made using doilies that my grandmother crocheted many years ago. Four of them were originally coasters for stemware, and 1 or 2 were small baskets that she made. I cut the handle off of one of them so I could flatten them. I soaked all of them in Retro Clean, and then stretched them out to dry so the design could be seen better. I didn't have enough of them to go around the quilt, so I machined embroidered parts of the hymn, "In The Garden," to fill in the gaps. The quilt is based around that hymn that mother loved, so I thought it would be nice to include the words. I have parts of hand-embroidered handkerchiefs included in there too. It honors both my grandmothers and my mother, who have all passed away.

[Linda]

I arranged the blocks differently to create a secondary pattern. My mom's favorite hymn was "In The Garden". The fussy cut fabrics are garden related, and include my grandma's hand-embroidered handkerchiefs and crocheted doilies. I machine embroidered "flowers" of the words of the hymn

[LORI M.]

My top is sewn together. There’s no embroidery or big stitching yet. I decided to simplify the border when I realized I needed quite a few more fan shapes. Actually I think I prefer the simple border.

[Kelly H.]

My top is finished. I did a different border. I will be machine and hand quilting. I found a fabulous Tula Pink backing that will be perfect.

[Sheridan D.]

Finally got the top finished. It’s in need for a good pressing but that can wait until I’m ready to baste it together. Posting pics now as it could be a while before completely finished. I have never hand quilted and decided that that’s how I want to finish it. Now to learn how to hand quilting, another of many firsts for me in this quilt. Thanks Jen for the pattern and Barbara for your tutorials.