This past week I gave a Zoom lecture to the Valley Forge Homestead Quilters, in Pennsylvania. Meeting virtually with them was fun and hearing that Philadelphia accent I think I have lost but can recognize instantly was even more fun. They chose the lecture "THE HARD STUFF" and I hope I inspired them to rise to a challenge. Thanks, ladies, it was good to be "with" you.
The Heritage Quilters of Huntsville had our bi-annual quilt show and I will do a long blog about it next week with lots of photos. The guild always presents a great show and this was no exception.
Since I am working diligently on a super secret project I cannot show you, here are some of the many quilts around my house, in no particular order:
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| The extra guest room, also where the overflow quilts are stored |
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| An Archeological Dig, some completed, some waiting for quilting |
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| The most commonly used teaching quilts in easy reach |
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| Many tops waiting to be quilted |
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| The Living Room, an art quilt above the mantel, a small one on the chair waiting for the binding to be hand sewn. The small quilt on the sofa is for the cat |
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| More Living Room--time for the Christmas quilt to come down. My Quilt of Valor is on my chair |
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| A small piece from my "artsy" period, with LOTS of beads and a 3D lace dragonfly |
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| Our bedroom with a few of my favorites and my husband's Quilt of Valor is at the foot |
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| Even have quilts in the bathrooms--this was an early teaching sample: Quiltmaking 201, more challenging blocks and hand quilting |
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| Another in my bathroom--Batiky Log Cabins--made for and featured in McCall's Quilting magazine years ago |
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| The main guest room, always ready for guests |
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| Oriental One of a Kind--from my artsy/Asian period, lots of beading, some hand quilting, some machine quilting |
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| A lovely Round Robin quilt I made with the Sunday Sew and Sews |
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| Hand marbled fabric I made and used for a Signature Quilt at a wonderful retreat with the Virginia Consortium of Quilters, 1989 |
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| Color Play 2, made in 2010, a scaled down version of a quilt in a magazine |
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My introduction to paper piecing 1994. Those kimono blocks are 2.5". Lots of hand quilting, back when I hand quilted everything
So there you have a little tour. How do you display your quilts? Let's quilt. Barbara |
I'm happy to hear someone else makes their kitty(s) quilts. We have Ragdoll cats that I make a quilt for each kitty before we get them from breeder. When I finish making a quilt I put it on floor for other kitties to lay on. When we pick new kitty up I take the quilt with us so the new kitty can smell the other kitties. Unfortunately, when a kitty passes, we bury them with their quilt.
ReplyDeleteAs I don’t have a lot of walls in our living space, I display a seasonal quilt over our tv. I have a quilt hanging on a wall rack in a spare bedroom. A couple of my quilts are on the other spare bedroom bed. I have one hanging in the hallway to the garage. I have 2 floor quilt racks each having at least 4 quilts. I recently bought a quilt chest that holds 6 small quilts. I need a lot more walls to display all my lovelies.
ReplyDeleteI recognized your "Foothills" quilt in one of the pictures. I did that Quilt-along also and love my quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt’s still one of my most favorite.
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