Antelope Canyon Quilts

I've made two quilts with this pattern. The first one was made in 2018 and the last one was made in 2022. Both are shown here.

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.

The label

The Wedding Quilt, 72" square

The second quilt was made for a wedding gift for the son (and wife) of friends. I did not know the bride but I studied their registry to get my color palette of grays with some blue. I dyed 8 steps of Black and 4 steps of Indra.  I absolutely love how this one turned out.

The background is the palest gray and the arc colors are the first 6 steps pf black used in a "managed random" order.

The quilting is done with the Woven Wind pantograph. This one is great for keeping the quilt soft and cuddly.

The groom is a hunter so I selected a camouflage print for the backing. Now I can be sure that if they don't like the front of the quilt I know they will love the back!

The groom will love the label too!