Showcase Beautiful Fabrics in a Limited Palette for a Big Impact! Elegant colors and fabrics are stunning in this easy quilt. A variety of medium-contrast prints give it texture as well. The brown, black and cream colors are striking but this quilt will be lovely showcasing any color. Blues, burgundy, violet – the options are …
As promised, here are some photos of Phebe now that she's quilted! Unfortunately, the photos from my camera didn't turn out very well so most of these photos were taken with my cell phone. The colors are a little brighter and there is some distortion too. Also, I'm not sure if the beautiful quilting will show up very well so I'm going to link to the machine quilter's blog at the end of this post. Please click on the individual photos for a better look. Enjoy! Whenever I get stressed out, I find myself starting a new quilting project. Quilting is my stress reliever! I began working on Phebe in April of 2013. My husband's mother had passed away in February and my daughter's wedding in March had really stressed me out. We finally became empty nesters and I needed something to pour myself into. In June, my mother's health began to deteriorate and I spent many hours sitting with her in her room at the nursing home and during her hospital stays. Phebe was always with me. In August, hospice was called in to care for my mother and a few days later, she passed away. Planning the funeral, cleaning out her room, taking care of details took time. Feeling like quilting again took even more time but I began to enjoy working on Phebe again. I decided to finish this quilt in memory of both my mother and mother-in-law. Neither of them were quilters but both encouraged me to keep quilting! I can't remember at which step I was in September. My two years as our guild's Membership Chair were over which freed more time for me to work on Phebe. However, I felt like I was working in slow motion and not accomplishing much. It is so easy to get bogged down when working on a big quilt so my advice is to find a few quilters to hold you accountable and spur you on! In fact, I did cheat and start a few UFOs just to help me fight the boredom of working on the same project over and over. At the end of 2013, I realized I hadn't finished a single project during the last twelve months! I couldn't believe it. Di Ford's pattern for Phebe is her version of a wedding coverlet made for Phebe Warner in approximately 1803. This pattern is in her book, "Primarily Quilts". When I made my quilt, I purposely made Phebe and her husband, Henry Cotheal, appear mature as if they had been married several years versus the younger couple on the wedding coverlet. Even though I will always call my quilt "Phebe", her official name is "The Cotheals at Home". Here's a link to information about the Phebe Warner wedding coverlet: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/38.59 More information about the maker of the wedding coverlet and quilts inspired by it: http://quilt1812warandpiecing.blogspot.com/2012/05/sarah-furman-warner-williams.html Blogger is driving me crazy today. I can't go back and redo things, can't center the text either. Just a pet peeve of mine but that's really driving me nuts. I'm sure not much of my ramblings are making sense so please just enjoy the pictures, LOL! I do want to especially thank Jan, the machine quilter. Here's a link: http://thesecretlifeofmrsmeatloaf.blogspot.com/2014/02/phebe-mayleens-masterpiece.html to her blog where she plans to post much better close up photos of Phebe. She's done a wonderful job especially stitching in the ditch, making the Ohio Star blocks appear square and just generally covering up a lot of my not the best piecing! This photo was taken with my camera and the colors seem very blah. I'll be looking for a new camera soon, one for the technology challenged user! Did you know that I'm a Luddite? More about my other projects coming soon! Mayleen
2018 is just moseying along! Spring has officially arrived, although you wouldn’t know it by looking outside as there are snowflakes dancing around in the wind as I type. But, we have had some abov…
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I have many photos of quilts from the Houston Quilt Festival to share with you but I'm going to start with the quilts and people I most wanted to see! The Australian Quilting Exhibit, sponsored by Quiltmania Phebe by Di Ford Since I'd just finished my version of Phebe in spring, I most definitely wanted to see it! Rotherfield Greys by Di Ford I'm attracted to medallion quilts so this is another quilt I'd like to make. Antique Wedding Samper by Di Ford I've made 5 blocks but am having difficulty finding the right fabrics. I spent a lot of time studying this quilt. the Morrell Quilt by Di Ford I'm not sure I've spelled Morrell correctly but this quilt is on my "Someday" list. Drayton Hall by Di Ford Ann's Legacy by Di Ford Oh dear, Mrs. Tompkins! aka The Burnt Quilt by Di Ford Jane Austen Quilt by Di Ford I'd like to learn more about Broderie Perse so I made sure to watch the demonstration Michelle Yeo (left) and Di Ford (right) did. Unfortunately, I had to leave early to catch the bus back to our hotel. On Saturday afternoon, I attended the lecture, "Three Addicted Aussie Quilters", given by Carolyn Konig, Di Ford and Michelle Yeo (l-r) and enjoyed hearing about how they approach quilting. Stars upon Stars by Michelle Yeo California Star by Michelle Yeo 19th Century Folk Art by Carolyn Konig Marriage Quilt by Carolyn Konig Indiana Rising Sun by Michelle Yeo and if you've stayed with me so far ... my friend and a member of our quilt guild, Jan Hutchison collaborating with Gail Stepanek, won the Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry for their quilt, Stars on Mars! It was an exciting and fun time at the quilt festival but now I'm trying to play catch up on everything I should have been doing at home. I'll be back with another installment of photos soon. Until next time, Mayleen
This quilt was made for Oliver Lawrence Krohn, second son of my niece, Jennifer, and grandson of my sister, Sally. Oliver just turned 3 in December. He and his family (Jennifer & Cyrus and kids -- Max, Oliver & Marjorie) live in Virginia now. My nephew, Chris, took photos of the Oliver and Max qu
I promised that I would share the measurements for making my Right Round Medallion, so here they are! These are very basic instructions. If you don’t know how to make a particular block (HS…
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was working on a quilt that was a major SID project. I have waited for Mayleen to finish the binding and post about the quilt on her blog first before showing it here. You might want to check out her blog to find out more about this quilt and some of Mayleen's other wonderful quilts. This is a reproduction of an antique quilt patterned by Di Ford and it is complicated enough to scare off all but the most courageous quilt makers. Mayleen loves complicated so this is right up her alley. She does such an amazing job on the fine details in the applique and embroidery. I know she made a few additions of her own like the dog and the cat. She chose the perfect fabric for that little cat. I love the tiny apples on the tree. Lots of embroidered details. Mayleen wanted this quilted very traditionally, with echo quilting, feathers and NO STIPPLE. I felt this quilt deserved careful stitch in the ditch around all the applique and piecing. I used 100 w silk for the background quilting with Bottom Line in the bobbin and Hobb's wool as the batting. This is Mayleen's masterpiece and was a joy to quilt, despite all that pesky SID!
Beautiful soft fabrics and an interesting appliqué design I think really make this quilt made by Robyn. Robyn chose a combinatio...
The Campfire Quilt Pattern is a modern interpretation of the traditional Log Cabin quilt block. This quilt comes in king, queen, throw and baby quilt sizes.
Kim was invited to display two quilts for the New South Wales quilt and craft show in Sydney which started yesterday and runs through until Sunday. Her two quilts were part of the Masters exhibition which was to celebrate the thirty year anniversary of the guild's show. This Mariners Compass quilt was done with reproduction fabrics. You can see Robyn's version of this quilt on the blog here. This will be released as a pattern but not for awhile. I'm sorry about the quality of the photos, I only had my phone but I'll be returning tomorrow to take lots with a decent camera. I couldn't get far enough away to get a straight on shot of the quilt and the lighting was washing the right side out a bit. The hand quilting was lovely. The second quilt was the Pandemonium which was lighter in real life than what I had imagined. It was truly glorious and such a treat to see. photos shown are with Kim McLean's permission.
"The Cotheals at Home" ***Best of Show*** Common Threads 2014, Wichita, KS Made by: Mayleen Vinson Pattern: Phebe by Di Ford Machine Quilted by: Jan Hutchison Here I am with my quilt at the Award Ceremony! Jan is in the background. More photos coming soon.
On Saturday the 21st of July 2012, Margaret Sampson George spoke for the Quilt Study Group of NSW about Medallion or Frame Quilts. There were 68 in the audience in the Target Theatre at the Powerhouse Museum who came to hear Margaret Sampson George talk about her introduction to sewing and quilting, her love of medallion quilts, examine some quilts in detail and then to see examples of her work and her students’ work. Margaret discovered quilt making through her contact with the craft magazines that her US service wife friends read when living in Alice Springs. After making her first quilt, a log cabin, and then moving to Penrith, she and a friend enrolled in a patchwork class run by the Embroiderers’ Guild of NSW. The teacher, Audrey McMahon, allowed them to make 4 blocks, instead of a glasses case, and introduced them to Avril Colby’s “Patchwork” (her bible still) and the Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts magazines and the Quilter's Newsletter Magazines. A year later, she started teaching but saw there was a need for commercial suppliers of metal templates and quilting frames. She encouraged a local company to make these – thus beginning the successful start of JH Bonwick & Co’s quilting products manufacture. Now Margaret teaches whatever people want to do – “repeat blocks are not me”, she said. This is why medallion quilts have interested her – they are quirky, eccentric and traditionally are not made from a pattern but evolve. Her detailed examination of Joanna Southcott’s quilt (http://www.rammtimetrail.org.uk/#/period-17//object-1011) which was stitched in the centre with her own hair, best exemplifies what attracts Margaret’s interest. Margaret then discussed the historic reasons for the popularity of medallion quilts, the development of fabrics from the 1500s onwards (especially the quilt centres based on pastoral, floral, military or commemorative panels) and the importance of medallions for commemorating important dates in the makers’ lives (such as the New Zealand Martha Quilt – see the story of this wonderful quilt at - http://roxborogh.com/Marthasquiltimages/565K%20Martha%27s%20Quilt%201%201%2007.pdf). She finds it wonderful that there are no two identical frame quilts yet found and loves the odd ones – those that are not “oversized mathematical behemoths”. She doesn’t believe that there is a mathematical formula applicable but can see how the Fibonacci principles could help when designing the width of the frames. She now loves renovating her centres to take advantage of new, brighter fabrics. Margaret then took us through her quilts and those of her students. She started with the One Day Quilt she made in 1992. This is her 'Not the Levens Hall' quilt. Here are 2 centres inspired by the Jane Pizar Irish medallion quilt which is held at the Cheltenham Museum. The original can be viewed at http://www.bridgemanart.com/search?filter_text=pizar&x=0&y=0 (Barbara Brackman has a more detailed examination of the quilt on her blog). Marg discovered the quilt when she saw an ad for the museum in an 'English Country Living' magazine. The first example was made by one of Marg's students and the second one is Marg's version. And this is the medallion quilt she made from available fabrics and sewed under the curfew during the coup when living in Fiji. Margaret then shared a number of quilts her students have made including some made by Gay Drummond and Maree Spencer, who were in the audience. Thank you for letting us see your wonderful quilt tops. And this is the last quilt Marg showed us. A group of her students made it for her. She never uses Visoflex, so for fun they used it when making the blocks.
There's no denying it: I'm a finisher. I may have lots of quilts and sewing projects in my head, but few that are actually in progress. So m...
I found a photo of this quilt on Pinterest and loved it because of the rainbow colors and I love a double mirror image symmetry style quilt. I tried to find a pattern source and I found the origin of the photo from Australia and several color variations but no pattern. This is the pattern I found on Pinterest but didn't want the blue color hues to dominate. I used graph paper and designed the quilt the way I wanted the colors with blue on the outer edges, red and pink the dominating colors and yellow and green in the center. This became my placement guide for the piecing of the triangles and squares. I made 3 more copies of my graph paper color placement and taped them together which allowed me to visually view the full quilt. I then made oodles of half square triangle combinations, cut out plenty of the white swirl tone-on-tone background fabric and many squares as well. I am not a fan of Thangles because it is a paper mess and not necessary. I use the method of adding 7/8" to the finished size of the square for the cutting size. For example this quilt had a finished size of 2" blocks. I cut the squares 2 7/8" and drew a diagonal line through the square and sewed two together 1/4" on each side of the line, cut on line, press to darkest side, and ta-da, a half square triangle. The most difficult part of this quilt was the placement of the triangles-I hade moments of seam ripper madness. There is NO wiggle room because the contrast is so strong in this quilt!! This photo shows the "pebble" quilting. There is lots of negative space in this quilt, as is many of the Modern Quilt Movement quilts, and I chose the pebble design as a contrast to all the angles in the piecing. I will use this quilt a a teaching tool for when I teach color theory and the elements/principles of design classes.
My Patchwork City Kona Solids precuts are shipping to stores this month! If you haven't already seen them, you can check out the colors of the Summer, Autumn, and Winter bundles on Robert Kaufman's si
It seems slightly surreal that this quilt is actually finished. I have been working on it for a long, long, long time - started last April, ...
I have many photos of quilts from the Houston Quilt Festival to share with you but I'm going to start with the quilts and people I most wanted to see! The Australian Quilting Exhibit, sponsored by Quiltmania Phebe by Di Ford Since I'd just finished my version of Phebe in spring, I most definitely wanted to see it! Rotherfield Greys by Di Ford I'm attracted to medallion quilts so this is another quilt I'd like to make. Antique Wedding Samper by Di Ford I've made 5 blocks but am having difficulty finding the right fabrics. I spent a lot of time studying this quilt. the Morrell Quilt by Di Ford I'm not sure I've spelled Morrell correctly but this quilt is on my "Someday" list. Drayton Hall by Di Ford Ann's Legacy by Di Ford Oh dear, Mrs. Tompkins! aka The Burnt Quilt by Di Ford Jane Austen Quilt by Di Ford I'd like to learn more about Broderie Perse so I made sure to watch the demonstration Michelle Yeo (left) and Di Ford (right) did. Unfortunately, I had to leave early to catch the bus back to our hotel. On Saturday afternoon, I attended the lecture, "Three Addicted Aussie Quilters", given by Carolyn Konig, Di Ford and Michelle Yeo (l-r) and enjoyed hearing about how they approach quilting. Stars upon Stars by Michelle Yeo California Star by Michelle Yeo 19th Century Folk Art by Carolyn Konig Marriage Quilt by Carolyn Konig Indiana Rising Sun by Michelle Yeo and if you've stayed with me so far ... my friend and a member of our quilt guild, Jan Hutchison collaborating with Gail Stepanek, won the Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry for their quilt, Stars on Mars! It was an exciting and fun time at the quilt festival but now I'm trying to play catch up on everything I should have been doing at home. I'll be back with another installment of photos soon. Until next time, Mayleen
With the motivation of my Q1 Finish A Long Goals list, I have been a busy quilter, especially now that my MQG Swap minis are done and have been received by their recipients. I finally (FINALLY!) finished the quilt top from the 2015 Round Robin activity I did with my guild, the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild. It looked more or less like this when I got it back at the end of the round (I had to perform a bit of surgery on it to take out a couple of rows that just didn't work for me): I got out my yarn-dyed scraps along with my other scrap bins and set to work. First up, I added some larger-scale flying geese. Then came a row with improv quarter-circles: The top still needed something to widen it. Arrows to the rescue! And finally a scrappy monochromatic slab for the top and we are all set. I had wanted to get it quilted right away, but I'm setting the top aside to tend to some more pressing projects.
Last week, I finished sewing all the fussy cut sashing on to the wonky Phebe star blocks. I was relieved I was done with that step and excited to start sewing them all together this week. I wasn't so happy with the results though! Below's an example of my not so stellar piecing which is the reason I've spent the past two days picking off the horizontal sashing. I realized I hadn't been accurate enough when cutting the cornerstones. They're only 1/2 inch square finished so being off just a little bit is bad. Sometimes I had to trim only a very minute amount off of the block to square them up. By the way, I hate squaring up. Its a slow process but I've carefully resewn the stars for the left side together again. Lots of pinning to match seams and to try to get the star points to line up. Notice the word "try", these are wonky stars afterall! I'm also still working on embroidery! Lots of French Knots happening. I keep seeing more embroidery to add but for now, I'm concentrating on the leaves. The next border (around the stars) is going to be very time consuming so I'm trying to work on it a little at a time in advance. I'm paper piecing the dogtooth borders and have drawn out the strips on paper. I copy the original and then cut the strips apart. After my experience with the cornerstones, I don't think I could be accurate enough if I were to hand piece the triangles. What do the numbers mean? Never mind them, that was another idea of mine that didn't work. The finished triangles measure 1 inch at the base and are 1 inch tall. Since there are two of these borders, that's a lot of little triangles! Until next time, Mayleen
Finished my Scrappy Trip Along Quilt January 2015 - in love!!
Oh what fun we had.......it should have been a 90 minute drive for me.....I made it to the parking lot with 5 minutes to spare, a brief hang-up en route due to tree trimming and one lane traffic on the highway. At the location I was so close, asked someone who directed me further away and went around the building a couple of times so as a result rushed in to the classroom late, of course the only available seat was in the front, so I perched myself, took some breathes, scanned the room for Kathleen from my liberated on line quilt group and then we heard an alarm. We looked at each other wondering and then were told we had to evacuate the room, Gwen wondered about her quilts, I wondered about my featherweight and my fabrics, but just took my purse and iphone and Gwen took one quilt off the wall. So there we were in the car park, in the sunshine, I found Kathleen and she is tiny! and so sweet....there were ladies that had driven from Cape Cod and there we were in the parking lot and good old Gwen gave a lesson and answered questions and we bonded. In the end we walked to a nearby restaurant and ordered lunch, of course Murphy's Law came into play and just after we ordered a lady walked in and said, I've been looking all over for you, how could I have lost 20 quilters and with name tags! you can go back to the classroom. now she said, the gas leak is no more. By this time we were more relaxed waited for food, beer, wine or soda and eventually made our way back to the classroom and started sewing. Lunch with Gwen! Gwen isn't big on labels and writes the important details on the sleeve, I know you can't read it but this quilt was made in 2008 Finally 2 hours later we back in the classroom, it turned out that there was a gas leak in the building. I was inwardly thrilled when Gwen asked if she could use my featherweight and fabrics for demonstration purposes and was much relieved that I had changed the blade on the rotarty cutter and needle on the sewing machine. Of course I had to build on the colours Gwen chose but I wanted to work bigger. Gwen's log cabin quilts, she was happy with us taking photographs.
My Metro Medallion quilt is finished! I'm really happy with it and yes, I quilted the heck out of it! This block has been one of our favorite designs and so when we made it a QAL, it was lots of fun to see the participation and the beautiful quilts that came from it! The quilting process for this quilt sort of developed as I went along. I ended up doing a few different quilting designs in the blocks in hopes to give some different quilting ideas for the Medallions. I've tried to take pictures of all the different Medallion blocks. I hope I gave some good ideas! The only consistent quilting I did was in the gray parts of the quilt. I used a light gray thread for the gray areas, a cranberry color thread for the red blocks and an off white thread for the rest of the quilt. I also tried out a batting I had never used before made by Pellon, in hopes to find the "perfect batting". So here are my thoughts on it: I had no problems what so ever with my quilting stitches. Good tension and no skipped stitches. While I was quilting, I wished there was more of a loft, but after taking it off the machine, I couldn't tell the difference in appearance between this and my quilts with the double warm and white batting's. It lay's nice and flat! It has a good weight to it. Not to light and not to heavy and drapes really nice, even though I quilted the heck out of it. I think it will also have a nice lay to it for a wall hanging. One big perk is it's a bleached batting, since so many of my quilts have white in it, this is really important to me. It's not a see through batting, so one layer worked great to make my white fabric in my quilt top really stand out as being truly white! So with all that being said, I like it! I'm going to order myself a roll of it for sure! We are going to do one last blog post on the Medallion QAL, showing all the Medallion quilt finishes, quilted or not. So be sure to share your quilt on the Flickr Group or email it to me at [email protected]. ~Jenny~
Here's a collaboration you can join! We are making a medallion quilt inspired by Gwen Marston. Wendy -http://theconstantquilter.blogspot.com/ Cynthia-http://wabisabiquilts.blogspot.com/ Cathy- http://wwwbiglakequilter.blogspot.com/ Katy- http://katyquilts.wordpress.com/ Lori- http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/ Each one of us will choose a theme and we will add a border in whatever way we interpret the theme. Keep reading to find out the center block theme. (be sure and check out the other blogs and bookmark them for future reference) I made this applique block in Gwen's 4 block applique class. She challenged us to make our own templates so each quilt would be unique and have its maker's hand on it. Her Medallion quilt book should guide me along for this challenge. And these books as well. Tonye Phillips is heavily influenced by Gwen, so I added hers to the mix for a refresher course. I'll be referring to this one for my medallion center. And here's some of the fabric I'll be using for the center. My most recent Gwen inspired quilt- Liberated Baskets. (That reminds me, I think I have one of her books that is called liberated quiltmaking- I better go find it!) And these wonderful strings. I think this is my favorite of the quilts I've made after taking a class with Gwen. The center theme of our medallion is................... Basket (s) . On your mark, get set, CREATE and LIBERATE! We will do show and tell on June 6th.
I know I've posted about Gee's Bend Quilts before, but I just found this folder on my desktop and I was reminded how much I miss mak...
A quilt sizes chart visually showing standard quilt sizes and standard quilt batting. Use this quilt sizes infographic to fit standard beds.
WHAT YOU GET 1 DIGITAL PATTERN: • 8 page pattern with full instructions • color illustrations • full-size templates. PATTERN DETAILS Diamond Superstar is a paper-pieced block that goes together quickly and easily! It’s perfect for fussy-cutting and showing off favorite fabrics. Use the 14″ block and make an entire quilt, or use the 18″ block as a wall-hanging, medallion center or pillow! This pattern includes instructions and templates to make a 14″ block and an 18″ block. BASIC SKILLS NECESSARY: You should have experience piecing quilt blocks and paper-piecing. SIZING / FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Small block measures 14″ x 14″ finished and Large block measures 18″ x 18″ finished. RECOMMENDED WITH THIS PATTERN • For the 14″ block: a fat eighth of background fabric paired with your favorite scraps. • For the 18″ block: a fat quarter of background fabric paired with your favorite scraps. • coordinating thread • 8-1/2″ x 11″ copy paper or foundation paper. Please check out #DiamondSuperstarBlock on Instagram to see what others are making with this pattern. You can follow me @BetterOffThread for updates and projects.
The Cutting Tips Will Work for Any Block Pattern! Nine-patch blocks have long been important building blocks for quilts of many styles. There are several ways they can be set together, with or without other fabric between them. They are often incorporated into other blocks, as well. Basic nine-patches are simple to make, especially with …
As I try to write this post I have trouble articulating how much the Quilts of Gee’s Bend have inspired me.
I love many different types of quilts but am especially fond of Medallions or Frame quilts, with a special weakness for the unsophisticated ones which can look a bit unplanned. I categorise them as Country Medallions and would like to share a few with you. This is the one that started me thinking - It's a fragment that was sold on USA eBay. Not sure where it's from but I was inspired by it. I am working on samples of Broderie Perse at the moment and this came up on my Google search. I love the lovely faded look of the squares and if I didn't have so many projects on the go I would love to make up something similar and extend it. Here are some more of my favourites - This one I discovered recently, it's from Weardale in Yorkshire and it has a lovely folk art look - The one below I particularly like but I don't know whether it is old or new. It was a pattern from Patchwork at Stonleigh called the Cotswold quilt. I don't know if it was based on an original old quilt or anything about its history. If anyone knows, I would be grateful for any information. Lastly here is one on a bed - This is a bedroom in the country home in the Cotswolds of Stanley Falconer, who was a senior designer at Colfax and Fowler. I found pictures of it in an American magazine and thought it was a dream house - I loved every room in that house! Now when I look at it I am not so enamoured, my taste must have changed and I now find this bedroom a bit too fussy! The quilt probably wouldn't have been made for such a sophisticated room, it is Colfax and Fowler introducing a little bit of dressing down country charm into their rather expensive decoration - something of trademark of theirs!
Today is the first day of Autumn. The new season has been heralded with a change in the wind direction, and with that, the need to snuggle under a quilt at night and rustle up an extra layer for th…
The week before last I went to Gwen Marston's Beaver Island Quilt Retreat (week 5). Each year Gwen generously shares her skills over a five week period, each week working with about 30 quilters, many of whom return yearly for their "Gwen fix". This year the topic was small studies. It focused on practicing techniques for make various elements and subsequently using those elements to design small quilts, or sketches as Gwen called them. Gwen recently published a lovely book, 37 Sketches, showing her small quilts and the thought process behind their creation. During the retreat, we played with color and sewed skinny curves, spikes, free pieced log cabins, overlapping curved strata, inserts of tiny specks of color, checkerboards etc. We learned not to be afraid of using little pieces of fabric and to let ourselves experiment with abstract designs. We explored colors we don't often use in quilt making. We were challenged to think out of the box. I had a wonderful time exploring and trying new things. I made the following small quilts: Color Study: Blue and Green Color Study: Brown Trees and the shore - made with spikes I made one more piece, but it isn't quite finished, so I'll save it for another day Liberated quilts have always been favorites of mine and Gwen, through her many books, and now through the retreats has been very influential. Thank you, Gwen. Happy quilting, Kathy
A gallery of the winning quilts from Cotton + Steel Mini Quilt Swap! #cottonandsteelminiswap
