Antelope Canyon Quilt

Antelope Canyon Quilt - 90" square

I don't remember when I first say Laurie Shifrin's Antelope Canyon pattern but it was so striking and different that I knew I had to make it. (The pattern is still available from a lot of vendors so just Google it to get a copy for yourself.)

​I had been wanting to make something with one of my Galaxy fabrics and this seemed like a perfect match. I picked the one at left because of the dark greens. I knew that this one would go well in the bedroom of our little Airbnb house. I matched up green, brown and blue from the Galaxy fabric and dyed the coordinating fabrics and a gradient.

Cutting started in February and the quilt is finished in November. That's what we call a quilting miracle around here!

The quilt is pretty simple in concept. It's "only" 4 blocks. They just happen to be 4 giant blocks but it's all straight seams. The only hard part is keeping up with the pieces. I labeled mine with part number stickers and kept the stack of pieces in order. It went together without a hitch. Since this is an everyday quilt and will see a lot of washing, I quilted it simply with the Burning Bush pantograph.

The back is an ice dyed mandala. I made this one a little different by putting the folded fabric in the bottom of the bin. It's a very different, but still very cool, effect. As soon as I saw it come out of the dye bath I knew I wanted it for the back of this quilt.

Here it is on the bed in the Airbnb house. I made it extra big so that it would hang down far enough so that no sheet edge will peek out underneath. I think I could easily use it on either side.