Throwback Thursday; Crown of Thorns

There isn't a label on this Crown of Thorns quilt, I think I made it in the early 90s. I used templates and hand pieced the blocks, then machine quilted it. Now that I look at it, I'm horrified that I used invisible thread, I don't use that kind anymore. There are much nicer thread choices these days!

Crown of Thorns

When people make this pattern now, they use paper foundation piecing, which is accurate and done by machine. I made this quilt before that method became well known, so it was hand pieced. Still a very accurate method, but very slow!
I machine quilted it, using that horrible invisible thread.
Too bad that stuff was ever invented! I never use it now.