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Update – Mock Kenzie 2015

I have been working on a few quilts for the Genesee Valley Quilt Club’s 2015 Quiltfest, running June 4-6 at Gordon Fieldhouse on the RIT campus.

Hand quilting on Kaffe Fassett's Roman Glass in pink

Hand quilting on Kaffe Fassett’s Roman Glass in pink

If you’re familiar with the pattern combos on majolica made by McKenzie-Childs in Aurora, NY, then you get the joke behind Mock Kenzie. This started as a table cover for a card table.

Mock Kenzie Table Topper - 40 x 40

Mock Kenzie Table Topper – 40 x 40

But now I’m quilting it, a combination of hand and machine quilting. After circling the large dots on Kaffe’s great fabric, using threads in three different pinks, I gave the thread a tug to form bubbles for some surface texture.

Hand quilting on Kaffe Fassett's Roman Glass in pink

Hand quilting on Kaffe Fassett’s Roman Glass in pink


Finishing off the backing and hanging sleeve will complete this project.