A dozen roses for BQF

A Dozen Roses for Maria, 33 by 40 inches

machine pieced and quilted

I'm a late entry into the fall Bloggers Quilt Festival

but I've been seeing all the other wonderful quilts out there

and I wanted to share this one.

I made these roses inspired by Andrea when we took an online class/challenge

with Tonya Ricucci in 2008

Andrea was making a bed of roses quilt for her sister's wedding

from free-pieced roses

and I decided to use up some passed along scraps to try some roses myself.

I made a bunch of roses and then didn't know how to join them.

Fast forward to January, 2011 when I had an inspiration

and joined the roses using a curved piecing technique.

I had intended to give this lap-sized blanket to an elderly friend who loves flowers

but she died from cancer the weekend I finished it.

So for now, I'm keeping it, to remind myself  of my good friend Maria.

Thanks for visiting and take a look at all the other great quilts linked up at Amy's blog.

July finish #2

My rose bush is in bloom, and so are the roses on this lap blanket. These free-pieced roses are several years old, but I finally put them together with curved piecing and machine quilted them in spirals.

I used a fuchsia for the binding to break up the green and bring some colour to the edge.

Here it is again with some greenery around it. It measures 34 by 40.