Swags for Karen and Janet

Karen and Janet liked the swag idea for their quilt borders, but the quilts were quite different!

Karen wanted to incorporate her husband's tie into her quilt, and it was large enough to make a small inner border.  Her dress had a beautiful beaded design in the skirt, and I made part of that design the center of the quilt, and quilted around it.  The outer border was the swag design, with a background fill of straight lines 1/4" apart.

Janet wanted more of a patchwork design, with very little quilting.  I put the lace from her dress bodice in every other square in the center of her quilt.  The swag design is in the outer border, with no background fill and a facing on the back of the quilt instead of the usual quilt binding.