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This is Paeon - the quilt I designed for this year's CQA/ACC 2021/2022 mystery quilt event. The conception for this project started back in July 2021, with the event's official start in September 2021. I'm very excited to be able to finally share this project with you!Special thanks to Kellie @sillymoonquiltingco for custom quilting the project, @figofabrics for providing the Color Works Solids, and Linda Lake for her help along the way. So maybe you're wondering what inspired the design...The inspiration for Paeon came from early spring walks in my neighbourhood, when gardens of peonies were little more than orb-like buds and tall stalks of leaves. The buds themselves have...

  Photo by Ashley Fernandes. Taken at Puente de Luz Bridge in Toronto, Canada.  While thru-hiking the East Coast Trail in Newfoundland, icebergs were often nestled in the calm waters of the bays we trekked. They were quiet and stoic reminders of the cold and windy coastal winters. Once spotted they were always a great reason to pause for a snack, and watch them rock back and forth, or track their course down the coast.   You can purchase your own copy of the Winter 2019 Canadian Quilter Issue here.  Fabrics used: a mix of KONA solids and V & Co. Ombres.