If you know me in real life, then you know I've been through a divorce and a move back home to Georgia. After I moved, I spent almost exactly a year without any desire to quilt. I didn't freak out. I just waited patiently, knowing it would come back. And it did! Hooray! So here are a few highlights of what I've been up to lately:
First up is Sunburst. The quilt top was done as a round robin by several friends in an online quilt group a long time ago. I made the center Mariner's Compass block in a class with Judy Mathison, then the block got passed around and borders added as I added borders around blocks for them. The fabrics are hand dyed by my friend Susan and Dianne Dye in Roberta, GA did the beautiful machine quilting. I love how it turned out!
Next is this cute little Bunny sampler. I can't remember right now what I named it. I swapped these blocks with friends in an online quilt group several years ago and these are some of the blocks from the swap. Dianne Dye also quilted this one. There are carrots in the quilting! I got this done in time to hang for Easter this spring.
The last one for today is this Civil War Churn Dash quilt, also made from swap blocks with the same online quilt group. The setting is from Sharyn Craig's book "Great Sets" which is full of fun, creative ideas. I rented a longarm from Dianne to do the quilting on this one.
That's all for today's show and tell from me. What are you working on?
Thanks for stopping by!
Nan
and what she has not told you is that she is an award winning quilter in her new city! We are glad to have her in Georgia!
ReplyDeleteThanks! BTW, who is this? :)
DeleteNice to see you quilting Nan. My most recent project was a Minnie Mouse quilt for my grand daughters 3rd b'day. I too am hoping to re-engage my creative side.
ReplyDeleteJudy, I saw your Minnie Mouse quilt on fb. Very cute, as is your grand daughter! :)
DeleteI'm just as bad at blogging Nan AND reading blogs. But since this came up on fb, I looked. My blog is on your side bar and I can see I posted a post 4 months ago. I guess you got me beat by a few years! lol Your quilts are beautiful. Good job on finishing some old ufo's.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Liz. And I know you're not just as bad...I've got you beat by a loooong way! lol
DeleteI had completely forgotten that you even had a blog!!! Beautiful job on all.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carolyn. Although I never actually forgot that I had a blog, it was so far off the back burner, that it might as well have been out of the kitchen, outside the house, past the backyard, maybe even around the corner, down the street and across town! lol
DeleteBeautiful quilts Nan! I am glad you are quilting again!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan! Your beautiful hand-dyed fabric is a big part of the success of Sunburst!
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