The "Circuit Rider" Quilt

I finished this a few weeks ago for my dear friend, Gwen. The pattern is called, The Circuit Rider, by Jenifer Dick.I needed to finish quite a few quilts for our upcoming guild show, so I was looking for a quicker way to finish an applique. I used the Bethanne Nemesh method of mid-custom quilting.I probably saved 3 hours by NOT ditch stitching most of this quilt. Instead, I worked the feathers and motifs right UP to the applique. It's brilliant! What a time saver!Everything on this quilt is free motion and the echoing on the applique is simply "eye balled". Once you get the rhythm and movement, it goes fairly quick! Total time on this quilt was 10 hours.

The back is a good illustration of how the motifs work up to the vine. No ditch stitching required!

Love those backs!!

You can see this quilt and about 100 others at our annual guild show, April 2nd and 3rd, in Lawrence, KS. Join us if you are in the area!