First up is my Anna Maria Horner whole cloth quilt, which is a grand name for something pretty simple. I love her patterns, but whenever I buy her fabric I hold onto it forever and never want to cut into it. I've been trying to avoid that mindset (I feel the same way about Kaffe Fassett). So for this quilt, I bought one yard of backing fabric, 36" x 108". I simply cut it in half and stitched the two pieces together to get 54" x 72", roughly.
I then embroidered around all of the big flowers and added the binding. I worked on both of those parts simultaneously, taking turns, so that I wouldn't lose interest in either part and abandon the project again and also to prevent muscle strain in my shoulder. I had never attempted any kind of hand quilting like this so it was a learn as you go type of thing. I used embroidery thread that completely matched the fleece backing, so while you can see the stitches if you look, you won't see them if you don't.