Through Thick and Thin

I should take a moment (or an entire blog post) to share about the guild challenge project this year.  It was called the catch phrase challenge.  Everyone drew a catch phrase and then made a quilted project depicting that catch phrase.  Mine was Through Thick and Thin.  

I chose a very literal translation of the catch phrase and used the Mobius Radial pattern.  The Mobius strip, discovered by mathematician Ferdinand Mobius in 1858, is a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side, often referred to as the impossible shape.

This first step was creating the 2 paper pieced panels.

Then there was the paper removal process which was completed under the supervision of my trusty sewing cat, Esme.

Then I had to cut the center piece and the outside piece to fit the paper pieced sections into.  At this point, I had 4 pieces to sew together.

Lots of pins were used to fit those circular seams together.  You can see that this was exhausting for Esme.

And then it was a flimsy!

I did some straight line quilting in the background and followed the black segments of the Mobius Strip.  

I didn't win the challenge, but it did hang in our quilt show.  It's hanging in my sewing room now.  I'm still amazed that the pieces fit together and it worked.

Christi