Mums the Word

A couple of years ago one of the vendors at Hannibal’s Folk LIfe Festival had a marvelous display of mums in every color combination one could imagine.  I took several photos thinking I would one day replicate them in some way, shape or form.  Today I finished the quilting after using hand embroidery to blanket stitch the blossoms in place.  Now to get to the blocking and binding before this year’s festival is history.  The blossoms are improvisationally pieced with “leaves” scattered among the petals.  It was a fun way for me to divert from a very traditional Dresden Plate that is in the works with the colors of fall.