Pharmaceutical Comforter

Pharmaceutical Comforter is embellished with 256 blister packs which delivered medication to me, my friends and family.

Medications:
Amitrip (Amitriptyline)
Arapax (Paroxetine)
Aspirin
Betaloc (Metoprolol succinate)
Brufen (Ibuprofen)
Codral (Paracetamol, pseudoephedrine, dextromethorphan, hydrobromide)
Epilim (sodium valproate)
Ferro-tab (Ferrous fumarate)
Fluox (Floxetine)Lipitor (Atorvastatin)
Lipreve (Creatine monohydrate)
Loxamine (Paroxetine)
Motilium (Domperidone)
Naprogesic (Naproxen sodium)
Norpress (Nortriptyline)
Pantoprazole
Panadol (Paracetamol)
Paracode (Paracetamol, codeine phosphate)
Pentasa (Mesalazine)
Simvastatin
Zapril (Cilazapril)
...and many more I didn't think to note before I stitched.
 Predominant treatments were for mental health, cardiovascular risk reduction and pain issues.

Blister packs are appliqued to each block with an open zig-zag stitch. Thread is ~50wt cotton from Keiko Goke, in the favourite yellow-green-yellow, red-blue-red variegation.

Credits:
all those who contributed blister packs to the project. Most wished to remain anonymous.
Veronicah and Mary-Anne egged me on through the boring stages
Bill made me a great thread stand
Helen and Laurie provided a venue for final layout at New Year 
Mary-Anne provided a venue for the quilting to begin at Easter. This piece is too large to work on at home

Quilting:
The "dark half" is done - simple wiggly lines in the border triangles, a perpendicular fence in the big squares, stacked hearts in the red squares, and a sort of leafy thing in the pinwheels. I worked in from the edge, works for me every time.

The "light half" I'm working from the outside in, so far a fluid feathery scroll design. That might get more angular towards the edges. For this project, the quilting will be nice, but not the main feature.

27th August - the quilting is done!