Cherish EPP to top stage

In June of 2024 I finally finished hand-piecing together the twenty full hexagon blocks and five half hexagon blocks of my English-paper-pieced 'Cherish' quilt (pattern and EPP kidset, with acrylic templates and precut paper shapes, from Jodi at Tales of Cloth in Australia).

I had bought the kitset at the end of 2020, and ordered a fatquarter pack of Lewis and Irene (for Moda) fabrics of their Teatime range as I loved the china blues and whites; I added other blues, yellows and greens from my stash and scrap bins.

Blocks 1-10

Blocks 11-20

Having hand-stitched the 700 pieces together, I felt I should stay traditional and also have a go at hand-quilting it - though will admit to cheating/being efficient by first basting the quilt with the basting stitch on my Bernina Q20 longarm machine, which made it so quick to prepare.

Then I spent many winter evenings with some slow stitching, working my way around the blocks with Wonderfil 'Spagetti' 12wt - 3ply Egyptian cottons.

I watched a few different hand quilting tutorial videos to get some tips and chose not to work with a hoop/frame as I didn't want to have to keep adjusting it all the time.

I've got about two thirds of the blocks completed, but have not picked the project up for the past three or four months; I will get back into it maybe when the nights get darker again with autumn/winter.

Measures 60" x 64"