Finally finished this quilt. It was a lot of work and time. An earlier post describes the origin of this quilt and showed the stack of blocks ready to be joined. I didn't have Laura's plan for arranging these blocks, she might have planned to put them on "point" with a turquoise block between. I decided to make them straight, alphabetically, seven across and seven up/down. But that left "Wyoming" all alone on the bottom row. Had to pull a couple blocks apart and rearrange them like this. It worked out well. One picture here shows the back with a thin strip of the turquoise sashing that join the blocks. Vere has said several times he really likes this quilt and Sonya's eyes lit up when she saw it. So eventually it will go to Sonya. I spent many wonderful, restful hours sitting out on my deck, doing hand embroidery. In the summer I was out there early in the morning in the shade. As it got cooler I sat out there in 55 degree weather in the sun, watching the blue sky and green around me. Did I say this quilt took a lot of time.
i really wanted, for once, to win a prize for my quilt in our guild's quilt show. I thought this one would do it, but of course it did not. It was so much work, and everyone who saw it were wowed!!
ReplyDeleteStill, I'm proud of it.