Ryokan

Ryokan are Japanese roadside inns. This quilt was published in Quiltmania Magazine and I fell in love with the pattern immediately. I gathered a group of six friends and we each made two blocks (6 copies of each) and then we traded, so everyone had 12 finished blocks.

It was a bit of a struggle to get them all to the same size, since not everyone's piecing was as accurate as the group as a whole. Still, I got them all to the same size with a little finagling.

I framed them in two colors of brown and then sashed them in gold. I haven't yet put borders on this one - I am still struggling with what kind of borders would enhance the design best.

This is still a work in progress. Picture edited Oct 2012 to reflect additional work.