Making National Parks Posters into Quilts

First a Paducah photo retry-

I took a lecture class on thread painting at the quilt show.

I took notes and photos of a couple of examples.

When/if I try thread painting, I will post photos.

Below is a sample of using fabric as the pattern for thread painting.

This week I have been working on quilt tops using National Park Poster fabric and the batik fat quarters I recently won. The first top will be for my younger brother. He has visited much of the US. On family vacations as kids we camped in National Parks-most of the ones on these posters.

Trying out borders.

I used this green as the border on the first top.

A finished top - but- I think I'm going to change the large batik blocks in the center column.

Another border try-out.

This green dotty fabric was in my stash.

I think it looks good with the posters.

I have bought three flannels for backing.

I want to be sure these are snuggly lap quilts.

Another border try-out.

There will be four lap quilts made from these National Parks Posters.

Look for updates next time.