181. Arrowhead

 I'm a big fan of quilt designs by Kristi of Initial K Studio. I've made several of them--they are well done and easy to follow.

Months before "bonus" granddaughter Stacie was going to graduate from college in 2017, I knew I wanted to make Kristi's design, Arrowhead.

I have been working really hard at sewing my stash. The quilt called for a six-step gradation of a single color, and I chose grey through black. Shockingly, everything I needed was in my stash.

Darby did her usual beautiful job with the quilting.

Stacie loves to travel, and in my stash was a four-yard cut of an old line from Sweetwater, the exact size I needed. The fabric has names of cities from all over the world. Stacie originally comes from Portland, and a bonus I could not have anticipated was right there in front of me. Do you see it? That section that contains not only Portland but Fresno. I nearly jumped for joy!

For the binding, I had the perfect stripe in the same gradation. I love it when that happens.

We have several murals in downtown Fresno and the one I had my heart set on was the musical score of Amazing Grace.

I hadn't counted on the big tree obscuring much of the mural as well as a locked gate that prevented access to most of the wall. Or the sun. Or the shadows.

But my able quilt holder helped make it happen, and I'm pretty happy with this picture.

Quilt Name: Arrowhead
Size: 64" x 72"
Designed by: Initial K Studio
Made by: Me
Quilted by: Darby Myers