"Chinese Magnolias With Bamboo"

I always promised myself I would eventually make a bamboo inspired quilt. I wasn't really sure what my color choices would be or what else was going to be on the quilt. I just let those thoughts percolate in my mind for about twelve years.

Finally, when I came home from my visit to Utah in August of 2014, I found myself feverishly piecing tiny blocks made of some gorgeous Asian fabrics I had purchased on my trip. When I eventually came up for air, I realized that those ornate blocks definitely needed some appliqued bamboo to go with them!

And some Chinese magnolias.

I finished this wall quilt just days before I had to drop it off at the Home Arts Building at the Kern County Fair on February 10, 2016. That's where the Cotton Patch Quilters collect their entries prior to their shows. I am really not sure what took me so long to finish this project, but it seemed to go on and on.

Here is a detail shot. I always have such fun with the rich Asian prints.

"Chinese Magnolias With Bamboo" has been juried into the Best of the Valley Regional Show and will headed that way in early April. In the meantime, I will enjoy seeing it hanging on my dining room wall.