Sunflower Quilt

I made this quilt to raffle at a convention I'm attending in Seattle this coming week.  Kansas is hosting the convention next year so I wanted to do something with a Kansas theme and what better than sunflowers!! The pattern is by Black Mountain Quilts - appropriately named Sunflowers.  I did change up the pattern a bit.  I appliqued the petals on by leaving a 1/4" border so when I washed it the petals would fray and give some dimension to the quilt.  Not sure I like it - but that's the way it's going to be.  :)

Here's a close up of a sunflower.

The cross-hatching was a chore having to turn the quilt so much.  Ohhhh - for a long arm!!!