Sampler quilt

This is an Annie du Toit, a local designer, pattern made by the daughter-in-law of a quilter who was once renowned for her quilting knowledge but sadly lost her life in a car accident in 2009.  I was however glad to see the quilting tradition continuing in the family.

The maker just wanted an edge-to-edge quilt, and it turned out to be one of the smaller quilts I did with the most unpicking ever. The quilt has 3-D blocks with points and triangles that are loose. More than once, I stitched over these. The quilter did not mind, but I am sure she would not have appreciated it when I quilted the triangle in the wrong direction.

When I told this to the maker, she replied “if you don’t learn to love unpicking, don’t start quilting".  How true is that?!