VOTE, measures 48”x48”
Last night I finished this VOTE Quilt just in time for the upcoming election. It’s only 1 week away. By now I’d guess that many of you have already voted. If not, please vote as soon as you can. It’s likely too late to mail your ballot in, so plan to vote in person or deliver your ballot to an official drop box. We dropped off our ballots last week at the ballot box at our county offices and it felt good to have our voices heard.
This quilt is based on the Bittersweet Briar pattern by Kim Diehl (read about how it started here). I’ve added my own hand drawn “vote” applique and changed the border pattern to hourglass blocks. This echoes back to my quilt called Waiting for Sanity which I created as a direct response to the 2016 election. You can read about that one here. That quilt was made with improv hourglass blocks that were rather irregular. In the current quilt I’ve also done the blocks improv style, but with more control in the hope that this election will bring sanity to our government.
This quilt is hand quilted around most of the applique shapes and I used a hera marker to mark the straight lines in the background. It’s a very effective way to do it. The lines last long enough and are easy to see in the right light, but you don’t have to then remove anything like pen or pencil.
I might have continued with the hand quilting and stitched down the middle of the leaves and around the applique shapes on top of other shapes (such as the flower petals seen below), but I was running out of time, so I stopped here. I can always add to it later if needed.
I hope to show this in local quilt shows in the future, but for now I hope you enjoy and are inspired by this new finish!
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VOTE!
Lastly, it’s your last chance to purchase VOTE 2020 bits and pieces (as seen below). They are 30% off through election day. Let’s do this!
