Work here has pretty much come to a standstill, because my machine has been suffering from a major thread jam for some weeks, and it's not been possible to take it in to the dealer in Edinburgh. So in the absence of any new projects, here's another of Cherri Kincaid's beautiful quilts from last year. She made it for the 2010 Hoffman Challenge, and it's based on a design by quilt designer Amelie Scott. As I've mentioned before, to enter the Hoffman Challenge you must construct a quilt that includes the fabric they've chosen for that year's challenge. In 2010 the fabric was a blue green print, which was pleasant enough but not particularly strong. To liven it up a bit I digitised extensions of the main pattern which emphasized scrolls, curves and more dramatic elements.
The Hoffman Challenge fabric with embroidered embellishments
Cherri incorporated these embellished fabric squares into the quilt design and overstitched them with designs of birds and flowers she'd found somewhere in my back catalogue, and which echoed the shapes and colours of the quilt pieces. The result is original, exciting, intricate and very attention-grabbing
Cherri's finished Hoffman Challenge quilt
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