Urban Chickens #2 Finished

Oh the Sew-cial Network project with selections from Paintbrush Studio Fabric’s “Picnic” line by Mabel Tan has been finished a while; the writing hand just got lazy. (Thanks to PBS for providing the prints.) After much debate, I ended up using the lighter solid (Paintbrush Solids verbena) for binding instead of teal.

41 x 41 inches

I had debated between the darker teal to frame and the lighter to blend with the four blending flower prints. I’m glad I ended up with the blending effect.  Another thing about the binding (that I didn’t photograph): all four corners mitered just right. That is a first.

The binding also worked adequately on the back. Sometimes it is difficult to get a good color for both.

Back when choosing solids, I chose the verbena because it appeared in a couple of the prints in small amounts. You can see that better in the detailed shot.

I had debated several quilting possibilities: an overall floral pattern that I have done before (here), something like the first Urban Chicken quilt where I did the white in white thread (here), quilting it down so the triangles would puff up, and an overall meander. I ended up with the latter and think it works fine. It is certainly also the quickest.

And the glam photo

Quilt history:

Fabrics 

Design Decisions

Michele Freedman’s pattern here so you can make one too.

Linking with TGIFF 11/29/19

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