This quilt was commissioned by an N.P. at the Breast Health Center of Lahey Outpatient Center,Danvers,MA. This is the first quilt I was asked to make for a public display!
I chose an “awareness ribbon” design for this quilt, and I wanted that “ribbon” to speak for itself. Once I had the concept of what I wanted to do, I drew out the design full sized and laid out the shapes that the words would go on. I chose an assortment of pink batik fabrics and machine embroidered the words sized to the corresponding spaces.
I ended up cutting apart the paper pattern pieces and using them as a guide to trim the fabric pieces to fit after they had been embroidered. I put all those pieces together to form the actual ribbon.
I decided to piece the background out of an assortment of white on white print fabrics to add a little extra interest to the quilt. Once I had the ribbon pinned in place on the background I then hand appliquéd it in place. 
The quilting process on this one was “stitch in the ditch” on every seam line to highlight the individual patches. I like the over all look that achieved.
At the same time of making this quilt I was working on two companion pieces that I thought would look good flanking the ribbon quilt. Unfortunately they weren’t purchased to go with the display. They did however get purchased by one of my regular long-arm quilting customers. She was absolutely thrilled to have them! So I guess it was meant to be,kismet!
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