The Traveling Quilts

This is round three of the Traveling Quilts for Dan.  After reading Dan's and Penny's journal entries I knew what I wanted to do.  Like Dan, I love making my own fabric.  Dan made the green fabric and I decided to make some in gray.  Dan also shared a sketch where he had sections of a quilt defined by different shapes and I wanted to make a section that fit that vision.  He also was inspired by the moon and so my section for Dan is my interpretation of the moon rising.

 I followed Penny's lead and chopped one of Dan's circle into two sections.  Yikes, that took guts on my part.  I gripped that rotary cutter and went for it.

 The only thing I did differently than my regular curved piecing is that I stay stitched the cut curve of the pieced section.  I wanted it to be nice and stable and not unravel as I handled it.  Worked like a charm.

Dan sent some extra of the print fabric and I had to use a piece.  I cut templates for a full circle and pieced it.  I didn't want to disturb the print. I love how the almost full moon blends into Dan's piecing.  I wasn't planning to match up the prints, but the cut was so close, I moved the moon over a bit and matched it as best I could.

My goal was to get this done and sent off before heading to Quilt Market.  Yippee.  Now to pack and make sure I have everything on my list!  I have this fear of forgetting something.  It's going to be a busy, exciting week!