This was the last quilt I made before going on hiatus and moving on to other crafts. So I’d say this is about 18 years old. 
Medallion style quilt. It started with mole from the San Blas Islands . I didn’t visit there, though I’d love to. I must have bought it at a craft fair and it became the basis for the quilt.
I just noticed that I have used this technique again with a medallion quilt, in order to make it more of a rectangle, i added a border only on two sides, not four. I’ll have to share that one as well.
Along with the mole, I also incorportated some Guatemalan woven Textiles. I was ahead of my time on the modern front, combining fabrics other than quilting cottons.
The next three images are all I have left of my first quilt, I am not a hoarder and at this point I think that quilt is gone, so here are some of the fabrics in that quilt, the pink ones.
I recognize this solid as being from that quilt, I’m wondering what aged it? It has been in storage for a while, and that may be the only reason. This quilt never got a lot of use.
Because at that time I was thinking art quilt rather than a warm cuddly one. In size it could have been a lap quilt but I did put a sleeve on the top for hanging. Something I only do now on small projects.
This is also the last quilt I hand quilted.
Today I would machine quilt this. Hand quilting is in my past, I don’t think I’ll go back to that. For handwork, I either knit or will do English paper piecing. Even then, I”ll machine quilt.
It was fun to revisit this, but it’s not a quilt I will be using. I like looking back at my creativity, I think I did a great job, but this doesn’t speak to me anymore. Of course I’m keeping it, but now using it.
Leah