You can see in some of these pictures that there is actually more painting to be done. This quilt will have to come down for a few weeks...but it was nice having it up for dedication Sunday.
As you look out the new glass wall you have a view of the memorial garden...which at this point is all torn up...but will be spectacular when it's put back together. Before the renovation the garden was only visible from the conference room and a few other small windows. Now it will be a vital part of the church.
There are six landings on the stairs connecting all parts of the church.
Our inspiration was this quilt that I found on Pinterest. Helen Howes has a whole tree series on her website that can be found here. We made it our own...but we referred to her website quite a bit for inspiration. Thanks Helen!
We started with color blocks for the background, mostly pieced with a little fusing. My rigid insulation board wasn't wide enough to hold it all but I found a big box in the garage. It pays to be a bit of a pack rat...or at least that's what I'm telling myself.
Then we picked tree fabric.
There are a few outlines of trees in the background that we quilted first....we called them shadow trees.
Most of the color blocks are machine quilted in a different way. I am relatively new to machine quilting....so this was a challenge...but fun. I learned a lot.
We used a piece of silk near the top for a little pop of shimmer...and quilted it with a sun.
The shadow trees are more visible in these couple of pictures.
The striped fabric was a solution to hide edges of the polkadot fabric that didn't fuse well...but turned out to be an opportunity for added interest. There's a lesson there!
On dedication Sunday at the end of the service...all the new parts of the building were blessed. The bell choir rang bells up and down the staircase....it was a feast for the eyes and ears! Well done Hancock church!
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