Hello quilters!
I love the landscape of the west, particularly in my home state of Oregon. When I saw the Elevated Abstractions quilt by Violet Craft, I just knew that I had to make it.
This quilt is a wonderful abstraction of Mt. Hood. It is entirely foundation paper-pieced using Pure Elements Solids by Art Gallery fabric and Aurifil thread in 50 weight.
I wanted the quilting to take a back seat to the piecing so I took a modern approach with straight-line quilting using channel locks on my HQ Avante.
Once I took the quilt off the frame, my trusty quilt inspector instantly arrived. How do cats know?
I decided that the quilt needed a pop of bright color for the binding so I dug into my stash and added some orange Notorious fabric by Cotton + Steel. Then, I took the quilt on a 9 mile round trip hike to visit Pup Falls in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Quite the scene for a little photo op! My son took this picture while I balanced precariously on the muddy trail, working hard to keep it out of all that mud!
I really enjoyed piecing and quilting Elevated Abstractions. I need to find the perfect spot to hang it in my home.
Happy quilting! ~Jennifer
NW Quilted Cat 
What a beauty! I’m imagining it hanging on the wall and making a wonderful art statement in whichever room you hang it – the one where the most people will be blessed by it, I hope! Cats have a quilt sense – their 7th or 9th sense, I forget which.
It is gorgeous! And your kittie did a fantastic job of inspecting it!
Beautiful, Jennifer!! Love your colors. Did the quilt inspector influence your choice of orange for the binding? 😉