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Naiad Dreams

teal and blue log cabin block quilt draped over an armchair

I just realized that I never posted images of the lap/throw quilt I made for my wife. It is machine pieced and hand quilted, and I finished and gave it to her for Christmas this past year (an oops on not posting it before, haha).

close up of quilting lines on a blue and teal log cabin block quilt
hand embroidered quilt tag reading "Naiad Dreams for my beautiful wife Natalie W by Liz C, 24 December 2025"

A more close-up view of the quilting and the label that I embroidered for the back.

blue and teal log cabin quilt laid out on the floor

The whole quilt! It's about 6 ft by 6 ft. The pattern I used is Friendship by Busy Hands Quilts (a lovely Log Cabin pattern).

colored pencil quilt pattern on graph paper with concentric circles drawn on half and angled lines on the other half
marker colored quilt draft on graph paper with various quilting patterns drawn on top
marker colored quilt draft on graph paper with a full radiating-line quilting pattern draft drawn on top

I did a bunch of drafts of potential quilting patterns before settling on the final design (the third and largest photo). I quilted on straight lines using my old friend blue painter's tape (as below), plus one artsy shadow shot from some afternoon quilting.

blue quilt in a hoop with tape stretched across as a ruler for sewing
blue quilt with depressed quilting lines in strong shadow
  1. look at the beautiful art my wife made me!!!
  2. it's on my lap keeping me cozy RIGHT NOW
  3. art
  4. wifeposting