Goedemorgen lieve allemaal, zin in wat foto's van,... je zag het al, 't Billingsboerinnetje? De Ufo die uit de kast gehaald is, en mijn quiltwerkje van elke dag is. Deze week zijn van de dwarrelblokjes lange slierten gemaakt, en, aan het middenstuk vastgezet. Even kijken of het al iets wordt,... met zo'n dwarrelblokjessliert,... volgende sliert,... ;o) Het geel is erg aanwezig, maar, ik weet nog heel goed dat ik dat ook van het blauw vond, en het oranje,.. en,... dus daar heb ik het nu niet meer over. ;o) Ben gewoon blij met wat er af is. En wat is er af? 2 Dwarrelblokjesslierten, boven en onder, die zitten vast. 1 Dwarrelblokjessliert, links, zit nog niet vast. En dan moet er nog een sliert gemaakt worden, van dwarrelblokjes,... Dus, het Billingsboerinnetjevloerkleed weer over de stoel gehangen,... Want ze lag wel erg in de weg. En, mocht ik zin heb in quilten, dan liggen de laatste dwarrelblokjes op een stapeltje klaar. Fijne zaterdag lieve allemaal, ik ga zo even naar de bakker, het is nu nog geen half 8, en dan? #blijfthuis. Hou je taai,

SOLD COMPLETE - NOT MONTHLY The Halo Medallion Quilt starts with a halo star block set on point and adds a multitude of borders.  This is a very popular block-of-the-month; the pattern instructions are very detailed and offer lots of options for simplifying steps.  The finished quilt measures 86 inches square.

This is the info and pictures of the antique dutch quilt my famely owns. The quilt is dated about 1610 the center is an antique "sits" or "palempore" imported by the VOC( east india company) from INDIA at the end of the 16th century. the size is 183x170 cm (72x67inch) the condition is not so good anymore, but still it is beautiful. In the quiltmania number 71 you see him in the hanging in my house see my blog 9 may 2009. In the new book of An Moonen page 158 you see the quilt also. We hope the book will be in english see her website http://www.antiquetextile.info/dutchquilts.htm This is the back of the quilt.

Welcome to the last day of the Moda Designer's Size Matters blog hop.I wanted to give you a few extra block patterns just for making it all the way to the end. Feel free to use any of the following quilt blocks interchangeably.A great block for a border or sashing from Tim & Beck.American Jane does not have a blog, but she does have a doughnut block.If you were not able to download Barbara Brackmans block, here is a link.Last but not least a block from Lauren and Jessi Jung available here.

This one got a bit large on me- the fabric patterns are out of control - more is more with this one. This was loads of fun to do- I have so many left over boarders I am going to have to make another.

My introduction to medallion quilts is relatively recent. I have friends who are amazingly talented in making these beauties in the 19th Century English tradition. So I started "collecting" them, in pictures! The thing that is captivating me in this genre is the use of so many beautiful techniques. Piecing, applique, broderie perse, and English paper piecing are all utilized in these lovely quilts. Let's take a tour of some of those I have found. I'm starting with English quilts. We'll look at those made in America next time. * * * * * * * * * * * Mrs. Billings' Coverlet 1805 - 1810 Leeds 84.5" x 84.5" Amazing! This intricately pieced quilt is made up of fifteen frames of varying shapes. Included are hexagons, squares-on-point, diamonds, and triangles. The piecing is absolutely stellar! Fabrics are printed cotton dress prints and some furnishing prints. Mrs. Billings was a housekeeper in a large home. It makes me wonder how she accumulated all the fabric pieces for this and when and where she did her piecing. I also wonder how long it took her to make it. Such an incredible quilt. It is housed at the Quilt Museum and Gallery in York. You may read more about it and see it close up with their zoom feature here. * * * * * * * * * * * Mary Staveley Medallion Quilt Dated 1833 East Yorkshire England 99" x 82.5" The medallion in this quilt is embroidered in colored wools and was done when Mary was 12 years old! The pattern is so graceful and well executed. I simply love the look of it. Blue is my favorite color, so that was an instant draw for me, but the framing feel from the alternating half-square triangles and squares is wonderful! And it's fun to see what we would call a "border print" used here. More can be read about the quilt here at Live Auctioneers. * * * * * * * * * * * 1850 Mosaic Hexagon Quilt England I couldn't find much information about this quilt, other than it comes from England and was made circa 1850. However, there are many good pictures of it on the Cactus Needle Blog. So many hexagons!! * * * * * * * * * * * Frances Hawkins Medallion Dated 1818 England 96" x 85" This one is so amazing. Hexagons are used in many of the patterns, pieced 7-point stars (which appear to have been appliqued) join broderie perse applications and appliqued baskets around the central motif. The pointed border pieces are artfully arranged. Her name and the date appear to be made from hexagons, as well. Just stunning! Originally the information about this quilt came from International Quilt Study, but I can't bring it up in order to link to it. The following accompanied the photo on Pinterest: IQSC 2006.035.0001. Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund - An Elegant Geometry: American and British Mosaic Patchwork Exhibition. * * * * * * * * * * * English Bedcover 1830 - 1840 122" x 113" At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain was inundated with new printed cottons. They made their way into the quilts of the day by way of the clothing and furnishings of the English people. Printed panels were also popular. This quilt is an example of a panel used as the center medallion and then framed 8 times with a variety of printed cotton, piecing and paper piecing, and perhaps some applique, as well. I love that cornerstones are used in each frame, creating a consistency that draws the eye to the center. I also like the flying geese that create a lovely motion around the quilt. Beautifully done!! It resides at the Victoria and Albert Museum and there is lots of information here. Keep clicking on the tabs. So much history in this piece! * * * * * * * * * * * So, I'm actually getting inspired to make one of these. I'm trying to decide if I should use one of Di Ford's patterns, or design my own. It will probably be a combination of both! Di's fabulous book, Primarily Quilts is loaded with amazing designs in the nineteenth century English styles that we've just seen. She does a stunning job of creating interesting frames/borders which make her quilts beautifully timeless. She combines piecing, applique, broderie perse and English paper piecing, just as we have observed in the above quilts. The color photography is absolutely gorgeous, and the instructions are presented in both English and French. And, wonderfully, the patterns are all full-sized! Next trip to the "Museum" we'll be looking at American Medallion Quilts! Happy Quilting!! PLEASE NOTE: - I am not a quilt historian. I simply enjoy finding interesting quilts and sharing them with you! - The quilt images on this post were sourced from Pinterest unless otherwise noted, and are linked to their origin whenever possible.

Het waren drukke, maar oh zulke gezellige dagen! Altijd feest wanneer er een workshop in de winkel is. Heerlijk al die geluiden die dan van achter in de winkel naar voren komen. Gesprekken kun je zeker niet volgen, maar het geroezemoes, het gelach, de stiltes van het geconcentreerde werken, en de heerlijke gesprekjes en gesprekken die je hebben kunt. En dat allemaal in die bedwelmende lucht van die lapjes, en al die kleurtjes waar je dan tussen mag staan. Had ik je al gezegd dat dit een FEEST is? Nou bij deze dan! Het begon donderdag met Marg Sampson George, helemaal van Down Under met haar prachtige Dodecagon quilt! Op de locatie, super de super luxe, wordt alles klaar gezet. De tasjes..... De papierenmallen en de I spies, de patronen. Het onderwerp hangt uit, pak het op, ga ermee op schoot zitten, maak foto's, what ever! Het kacheltje brand, altijd zo heerlijk om naar die vlammetjes te kijken. Is er tussendoor een show en tell En valt deze giraffe echt wel op! En dan Betty! Of het eigen werk is of dat van een ander.... Showen kan ze als de beste! Op zaterdag zijn we weer terug in de winkel, en is Bep weer geduldig bezig anderen de kunst van de cirkels te leren! Als je dan zo, en dan zo, weet je wat? We gaan het samen nog een keer doen! (en toen werd het dus oorverdovend stil!) En de cirkels? Prachtig, met overal weer een eigen inbreng. Wat is dat toch leuk. En omdat ik Sjaak in stof vereeuwigd heb, mag de bouvier van deze maakster ook! En dan deze bjoetie! Hier geen hond, maar wel vier hartjes, die de kleinkinderen vertegenwoordigen. Een verliefde oma! Terwijl weer op een andere locatie, een volgende groep klaar zit voor Marg! En dan is het toch wel fijn dat de ruimte zo groot is! Maakt het kiezen van stoffen een stuk makkelijker! En het weekend? Nog niet voorbij hoor! Dus nu maar SNEL douchen! de dag wacht! With Quilty Pleasures, Juud, Remember; Better finished than Perfect!

Another really cool option to attract the public or more creative people is Gazebo Medallion Quilt. In this idea, it is formed with many triangles and squares, absolutely amazing, and still has a wonderful look that will make any place well decorated and much more beautiful. All of this is done with quilt, a well-known […]

Today, I went from this... to this! It's starting to look like a quilt! On to the next round! Happy sewing... SUZ

I've been missing in action! With no real excuse! Other than busy, busy, busy! Did you miss me? Life has a habit of plowing along at full steam, even when sometimes we just want to stop and smell the roses. Its been a full year, as well as a difficult year. Just after my last post we lost my Father-in-law, then followed a week later with the passing of my 18yr old nephew. One could say that took the wind out of my sails for a bit. And blogging was the last thing on my list of important stuff to do. I've had an email or 2 asking if we are having our quilt exhibition this year, and l guess that's been the prompt I've needed to get back on here and get writing and sharing again. Of course, no blog post from me is not complete without photos, so l am sharing a few close ups from this years raffle quilt. The quilt has been designed and made by Jenny Bear, with all Jo Morton fabrics, then machine quilted by Debbie Burville ( Quilts From Nana's Trunk) The fussy cutting by Jenny has to be seen to be believed, and so as you can see by the photos I'm sharing, its a truly stunning quilt, and both ladies have gone above and beyond my expectations with this quilt. Their collaboration on this quilt has been amazing! The full quilt will be revealed soon! Promise! Our flyer is currently under construction, so will share that as soon as possible. l can however give you the dates so you can put them in your diary. This years exhibit will take place on the 27th, 28th and 29th November 2015. Usual place, usual times, hopefully the usual people! Our special guest this year is Jo Morton. Many of you may have visited us back in 2011 when Jo was our special guest then. She loved her time here with you Aussie girls so much, she jumped at the chance to make a return visit. And this time we are planning some workshops with her. Details will be released at the end of the week. However, please feel free to contact me to put your name on a wait list. The classes, which will be hand piecing, will take place the weekend of 21st and 22nd November. They will be 1 day classes, and I believe Jo will be teaching different things on each day. Details are being firmed up this week. Didn't l tell you! The fussy cutting! The quilting!! Raffle tickets coming soon! Mary Koval will also be here again this year, with bags full of lovely antique quilts and goodies to tempt us! The Quilted Crow will also be here again, and she is planning on having lots of lovely Jo fabrics available for sale!! All Jo's fabrics play so well together. So hopefully by having all these lovely photos to look at, you have forgiven my absence. And l plan on posting more regularly again. Thanks for visiting. Linda. You can find me and the other girls over on instagram for more regular updates. @quiltsinthebarn @joquilts @quiltsfromnanastrunk @bearjl Hope to see you there! 

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Just a quick post to show you why I'm thrilled and relieved in equal measure! My version of the Ann Randoll coverlet (started in Rhonda Pearce's workshop) is now a complete quilt top. I have to admit I'd been putting off the final sew-together and attachment of that last border - dreading that there might be "issues". All those hours of applique could have distorted the measurements - but amazingly it went together just fine...can't quite believe it really... I've hung it for photos using pants hangers - works well as a temporary measure for photos. It is about 210 cm square ( 83 inches square). Now to consider the quilting. I am working on my hand quilting technique to try to relieve hand /wrist pain - trying different methods and tools but am not confident I can tackle a whole quilt. So I'm thinking I may machine stitch the long seams ( the less noticeable parts) and add some hand quilting after. I do much prefer the look and feel of hand quilting but we do what we can ...

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Many of you are aware of the fact that family issues have caused me to step back from most of my commitments during the coming year. The one thing that I can still manage to do, in the evenings, is design work - so those efforts will continue to the extent possible. Because time is at a premium in my life right now, I have no new quilts to show. Still, there are some old quilts that I am pleased to post on my blog this month. These quilts are antique quilts that hung in a special exhibition at the International Quilt Associations's 2009 Show in Houston. Every year, the IQA quilt show has inspired me to create several new designs. This past year was no exception - and once my calendar is more flexible, you'll be seeing several old quilts made new. For now, however, below are a few of the quilts that I dearly loved seeing. Thank you to IQA for giving us such wonderful exhibitions! The exception to the antique quilts is the very first one; Winnie F is the proud owner of this quilt, which she started as part of a round robin. It has inspired me tremendously and is truly a fresh and innovative medallion quilt. Winnie is well-known in the Houston area for her medallion quilts; they are all exquisite. With best wishes to everyone for a grand New Year -- happy sewing! Sue Garman (c)2010 Susan H. Garman Winnie Fleming's round robin quilt The remainder of this quilts are, I'm sorry to say, not identified as to the maker or year. My first New Year's resolution should have been "take better notes!" The above photo is a close-up of the quilt below. Don't you just love the bright colors and the whimsical play of the half-square triangles in the above quilt? It is so delightful! Happy quilting in 2010!

Susan made this Washington Medallion quilt (pattern by Sue Garman) and I got to quilt it! It’s definitely more traditional than my usual style, and so it was fun to get to play with more traditional

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These photos of Carolyn's Marriage Quilt Block of the Month need little commentary! Starting with this stunning centre. Add a little extra. A bit of this. Add this. And a master piece is on its way. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did! Lindy@Carolyn's

I can't believe I've just typed that heading! When I made the block for January 1st 2016 I could not have imagined the journey this quilt would have taken me on. So make yourselves comfortable and grab a cup of tea, because this blog post may get lengthy! I'd seen the 365 Quilt Challenge on Facebook. I think every quilter on Facebook must have been aware of it. Loads of my friends had signed up and it kept popping up as a "Page you might like" thing. In the end, in November 2015, I joined the group, had a poke round. Decided it wasn't for me. One of the things that really put me off were the fabric requirements: you needed x amount of dark dark fabric, x amount of medium dark fabric, x amount of dark medium, medium, light medium, light, background.... I just couldn't get my head round those requirements. I'd looked at the mock ups on the wesbite and couldn't bring myself to pick a colour. I put it to the back of my mind. But I had obviously at some point subscribed to the emails, and when the first few popped up in my inbox, I though "these seem easy - I'll have a go". I think it was then, about 4th January 2016, with no real plan that I had the idea for my colour scheme. Once I had seen how the blocks were turning out, I knew that I could use a dark background and then any colour I wanted and still end up with "dark block", especially if, when it came to the light blocks I used a light background with the colours I liked. Out came my daughter's crayons and I had a plan. I'd like to remind you, that at this point, I was five months pregnant. Doesn't everyone take on a mammoth project the year they're due to give birth to their second child? Up until the end of March, I kept up to date. And by 17th April, just three days before Jess was born, I had completed the centre of the medallion and the first dark border. I knew, as Jessica's birth approached, that even if I never made another block again, at I had completed something that would stand as a quilt in it's own right, albeit a small one. It was around this time, that the best aspect of this quilt became apparent. I had joined a UK based Facebook group for the 365 quilt, and I have never experienced a group come together like we did: we got to know each other, we chatted, and as Jessica's due date came and went, everyone wanted to know.... And once she's arrived, and I'd posted to let everyone know, I got the loveliest congratulations for "Our 365 Baby". Inevitably, I took a break, not from sewing entirely, but from this project, in the weeks after Jess was born. I was still sewing (it truly does keep me sane), but not this. I did the odd block through May and into June and by this time last year, I was 42 blocks behind. At the worst point I hit 84 blocks behind. And I'm not going to lie, it was a mammoth effort to pull myself back. I found that spending a day or so cutting the fabric for the next chunk of blocks and then piecing a bit here and there in spare minutes really worked - I had quite the system going! The 6" blocks released in May and June last year were absolute stinkers. We were dragged into this project with the exceptionally easy 3"blocks in January, but by midsummer we were ploughing through 6" blocks with more pieces than I care to think about. The blocks were beautiful though - not your bog standard churn dashes and pinwheels, but complex and beautiful - some of the half square triangle units finish at less than half an inch in some of the blocks. What I found truly amazing is that some of the blocks I would have thought were impossible without foundation piecing or using templates, but through careful cutting, corner covering and angles, every single block was rotary cut without the need for templates! These were the pieces for just one of the 6" blocks.... By mid-September I was back up to date and on the 21st September we moved from the sublime to the ridiculous with the instructions: "Trim the half square triangle units to 1 and 7/32". And so ensued a discussion: does one say "thirty-secondths" or "thirty-seconds" or my preferred option "thirty-tooths"? The girls (and guy) on the Facebook group cried with you on those days, and we heaved a collective sigh of relief on the days when the block was "easy". Easy is, however, a relative and changeable term, and what I classed as easy in September was definitely not what I would have classed as easy back in January! Then came the 12" blocks for the corners. Kathy, who designed the quilt, outdid herself. These blocks were absolutely horrific little stinkers. So. Many. Pieces. So many covered corners to get the right way. Y-seams.Each 12" block was genuinely the equivalent of making 16 of the hardest 3" blocks. But there was another block released the next day already. On 8th January 2017, I made the final block - just a week behind! And it was some block - Y seams all over the place. But I will never, ever be scared of a Y-seam again! And then I hit a slump. the next step was to add the final borders. And if you've read this blog for some time, you'll know that sashing, and long seams are my least favourite part of the process. I did bits here and there. But it wasn't until 5th February, that I finally added the the last of the pieced borders and a final, plain black border to tie it all together. And the reason I did it on that particular day. It was a weekend. But it was also a beautiful day - there was no wind and lots of bright sunshine. Which meant once finished, I could lay the quilt in our front garden and hang out of the bedroom window to photograph it, without it being blown into the North Sea - which is normally the case! I knew we wouldn't get another day like that. Next up was backing fabric. On such a special quilt, I splashed out and order Tula Pink Free Fall from the US. I then bundled up the quilt and the backing and entrusted it to Royal Mail to get it over to Cath in Cumbria. We'd hatched a plan. I decided towards the end of 2016, that I wouldn't quilt this one myself. It's the first time I'd ever contemplated not quilting a quilt myself. But with so many seams, I knew that if I tried to quilt it myself, I would break needles, snap thread and generally get very cross with the quilt.So I asked for contributions towards the cost of long-arming for my birthday, and got in touch with Cath Brough who is Cumbrian Long Armer. Michael and I had a holiday to the Lakes planned for late March and she confirmed that she could get it quilted and was happy for us to pick it up in person. So at the end of March, we went to see her and picked up this monster of a quilt. The work she had done on it was stunning, and the quilting made it come alive. I chose a bubbles pantograph as I felt an all-over design would not detract from the piecing, which really is the star of the show! I brought the quilt home, trimmed it. And then did nothing. The prospect of binding it didn't really appeal. Inevitably I left it until midsummer to hand sew over nearly 400" of binding. And you know what - it took no time at all - two hours to make the matched binding and attach it to the front of the quilt and then four nights in front of the TV to hand sew it down. And the quilt was finished. And I love it. And I cannot believe that I did it. Here is the THE photo from our recent photo shoot at Seaton Delaval Hall. I learned so much from this quilt: although I was already quite an experienced quilter, this improved my accuracy without a doubt. It taught me some organisational skills which have proved invaluable - such as cut out a load of blocks, hold them together with clips and pin them to a noticeboard - this is a great way of sewing for a busy mum who grabs moments here and there. Everything is where I need it and in manageable chunks! I realised that I don't like having my quilts long-armed. That is absolutely nothing against Cath - she did a fabulous job, I love the effect, and she was such a helpful and friendly person. But I don't like the fact that I didn't complete this quilt from beginning to end. Of course, if I had decided to quilt it myself, you may not be reading this post now! Or ever! I learned that a support group can be fantastic - the lovely ladies (and Bruce) over on the Facebook group have cheered me on when I fell behind, congratulated me when I achieved minor miracles and laughed over thirty-tooths with me. I think if it weren't for them, you wouldn't be reading this post either. So here are some stats and facts for you: This quilt was a stash quilt. Although I did have to buy some of the "light" and "dark" fabrics I used as my backgrounds, all of the coloured fabrics came from my stash. I would love to say it was a scrap quilt, but while it does have a scrappy look, with hundreds of different fabrics, and no cohesive background fabric, it actually created more scraps than it used! The family crazy was never far away - even during the final photo shoot! The finished quilt is made up of 365 "blocks" either 3" (all of which are dark) or 6" (all of the lights are 6" and there are a few darks too). There are 4 12" blocks, one in each corner, and the centre medallion was (I think) 10 days worth of "blocks" including the four light 6" corner blocks. As a group we were daft enough to add up the total number of pieces in the quilt to 10909 (with some variation as some of us used slightly different blocks - but I'm not counting my own quilt to give you an exact figure!). It finishes at 94" x 94" and I completed it with a scrappy matched binding. The next adventure for this quilt, if I get my act together and add a hanging sleeve, will be in Birmingham. Twenty of us from that Facebook group will be hanging our quilts at the Festival of Quilts in August in a special exhibit. I won't be able to go in person, but if you're planning on going, I'm sure my quilt would love to see you there! This is a Finish Along finish! You can find my original list here.

Aren't I the lucky one to be asked to quilt this beauty. This is the second quilt that I have been asked to quilt by Sue, it's perfection beyond words. My own set brief was to let the fantastic choice of fabrics speak for themselves. The quilting is there more than you know or can see, I wanted it to stay in the background. The quilt is called Mountmellick and was designed by Di Ford and featured in Quiltmania magazine in 2014 as a Mystery or block of the month type quilt. I'll let the photos do the talking....... Rulers and threads used I know way too many photos..... Isn't it just fabulous, another quilt that I didn't want to send home to France.....

Your quilt may have a focal point where the eye rests (like in a medallion quilt) or it may have movement where your eye travels over the entire quilt top to discover many pleasing features built into

I truly find it hard to believe that it's already MAY! I guess the saying is true that time flies when you're having fun! This month I want to share a series, or actually just a bunch, of simple but beautiful quilts that I finished recently. Some are community service, some for baby showers, and one pair was for my kiddo. Then, I have a special surprise at the end! Here we go... My son, who will be a whopping 15 years old next month, has two twin beds in his room. For several years now, they've had some comforters I purchased for him that were really more appropriate when he was younger. I saw a space-related panel from Kaufman at Linda's Electric Quilters, showed it to my son, and SOLD... he requested two of them for his beds. He also picked out the backing, thread color, and quilting pattern. The quilting pattern is called Orbit e2e, from Wildflower Quilting. They turned out so perfect for him and his room. Overall view of one of the quilts. Here, you can see the backing fabric that he picked. Shot of the twin quilts on his beds. Next up, a series of baby quilts that I quilted for a couple of friends. The first two are cute, baby colors, and fairly standard quilt patterns... one a rail fence with sashings, and the other is four-patches on point, with sashings. I used Tidepool E2E from Wasatch Quilting on the rail fence, and abc dotted font pano 001 from Sweet Dreams Quilt Studio on the four-patches. Both turned out super cute! The third one pictured below consists of flying geese in multiple sizes. This is my learning moment to share this month. We had settled on using Anita Shackelford's Modern Curves pattern, but the quilter didn't want it to go straight up and down or side to side. I thought, "No problem! I'll just set it at an angle and quilt it that way. Easy peasy." HAHAHA! It wasn't quite as easy as I had pictured in my mind. Setting the pattern at an angle caused me all sorts of extra work, where the pattern lines didn't make it all the way across in the quilting space, so I had to do a lot of rolling and matching. It did come out beautifully in the end, and she loved it! Rail fence overall view. Rail fence closeup. Back of rail fence. Overall view of four-patches. Closeup of four-patches. Back of four-patches. Cute fabric! Overall view of flying geese. Closeup of flying geese. Back of flying geese. Puppy paws! Now I just want to share some community service quilts that I quilted for a friend. A rail fence and two with simple squares sewn together (one with a heart worked in). On one of the squares, I made sure to use 80/20 batting, because the fabrics were homespuns, which tend to be very fluid when being quilted. 80/20 batting tends to be a little more "grabby" with the quilting fabric, which helped a lot to keep everything straight and square. And I love the backing on that quilt... a really nice cheater print with lots of motion to it. The quilting patterns I used, respectively, are gdaisyfaste2e from Stitch Happy, Orbit e2e again (same as above), and swirling hearts pano 002 from Sweet Dreams Quilt Studio. A few lucky folks will be receiving some lovely quilts! Rail fence overall view. Rail fence closeup. View of back of rail fence. Overall view of homespun blocks. Closeup of homespun blocks. Back of homespun blocks. Cute cheater print! Overall view of heart blocks. Closeup of heart blocks. Shot of the back of the heart blocks. Last set of photos for this month, and they're worth the wait! A fabulous quilter sent us some photos of a miniaturized Halo Medallion Quilt that she made! It's approximately half size from the original quilt, at 41-inches square. The quilter's name is Betty Chouinard, from New Hampshire, and her quilter is Flo Verge from Vermont. All I can say is, "WOW!" The fabric selection is gorgeous, the work is beautiful, and the quilting is outstanding. Betty named the quilt Hallelujah, and it won three ribbons at the Amoskeag Quilters' Guild show recently: Overall Viewer's Choice, Viewer's Choice Special Category, and Vendor's Choice. She plans to enter it in more shows coming up. Good luck, Betty! It's a beautiful quilt! Overall view of Hallelujah. Closeup view of Hallelujah. Second closeup view of Hallelujah. I hope y'all enjoyed these quilts that I've shared this month. See you soon. Keep on quilting! Jenny

I quilted Gwen’s quilt last September as part of a marathon quilting spree preparing for travelling to Norway — I crammed two months of quilting into one month, so I was working like crazy to get ever

A couple of weeks ago I headed to Golden, Colorado to visit the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and was totally captivated by the exhibit, "In the British Tradition: Hand-Stitched Reproduction Quilts by Carolyn König. Aunt Green's Quilt (in person) Carolyn is a well recognized quilter and designer both in Australia and internationally. Hertfordshire Quilt or Mrs. Billings Quilt I think what intrigues me the most is Carolyn's use of fabrics. 1860 Marriage quilt Each block is different and so intricate. She uses so many different fabrics to reproduce the original complex antique quilts. Nineteenth Century Folk Art When I look at her meticulous hand piecing and applique, I'm in awe. I was the only one at the museum that day and spent a long time studying and enjoying these elaborate quilts. It was a very special treat. Charleston Rhapsody I had to purchase her book if for nothing more than to enjoy the photos over and over again and be inspired by her talent. There's always the hope that one day I'll stitch one of those patterns. Until Next Time-

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