These past 2 weeks, I've been enjoying a bit of imaginary time travel, as I analyze my pulpit hangings to write up the patterns. Re-visiting projects that were completed several years ago has transported me to an earlier moment in my quilting journey.
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Take my Easter banner. (No, actually, you may not take mine. Go make your own!) This was my first venture into liturgical designs, made as a memorial to a dear friend and all-round amazing lady, Jean Curtis. It needed to be stunningly beautiful, to do Jean justice. Taking shortcuts of any kind was not part of the plan.
Two Themes
The Trinity theme is developed throughout the hanging, starting with the three white lilies. Each lily holds three embroidered stamens, and the lilies bloom on a stalk with three sets of three leaves.
Here's where I may have gone a bit overboard. Honestly, all that tricky piecing of all those tiny patches in the circle does not show up behind the bold floral elements. Plus, it makes a rather lumpy substrate for the appliqué. In writing up the pattern, I greatly simplified this part.
Other than that, I'm still totally in love with this design. Like the Advent banner, the Easter hanging is finished with a row of prairie points on the bottom edge, and a wrap-around backing with integrated hanging sleeve. This is one of my favorite, genius time-saver techniques for small wall-hanging quilts.
Go Make Your Own!
Coming next: the Pentecost banner!