This Christmas 2020 wallhanging quilt for our youngest granddaughter, Amelia, the unicorn loving one. This Laura Heine collage was a winner! Even after quilting for well over 40 years there was still so much color value to be learned!

This project took so much more time than I envisioned. It had my studio locked up for more than a year. The reason was that all the fabric pieces took up SO much space. I had to see all my options to then hand cut each flower, strand of mane, word, unicorn horn pieces… All individually cut.

I was not sure I would ever make another large collage quilt. However, once I got into the final months, I could see the changes needed to make it perfect. And I did. Lots of changes as it went along. Just when I thought her foreleg was right, I decided it wasn’t…

At one point, I truly needed my cutting table. My husband brought me a sheet of plywood. He did this so I could transfer the main body of work and move it aside.

Highly recommend not setting this up on a surface you will be needing any time soon!

I machine quilted, this beauty, in a 1/2″ grid pattern. I am proud of how this turned out. I can honestly say I was happy when Nola was finished. She scampered off to her forever home!

And the step by step process on video. Finding the perfect music is like finding the perfect quilt batting, it just makes it!!!

You can watch this video below also on my Instagram feed if you can’t see it on your device. My Instagram is theoriginalsewfrench.
I had NO idea this wouldn’t work for everyone until I got messages!

Nola…A Unicorn Collage Pattern by Laura Heine

For Amelia

hundreds and hundreds of hours of creativity

based on the Laura Heine Nola Collage quilt design

1/2″ grid machine quilted by Sewfrench

36″ x 48″

Christmas 2020