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I hope you find time to stitch up something sweet!
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Spring is a fickle season, don't you think? It's cold one day, warm the next. Sunny in the morning, snowing by nightfall. I'm not complaining. I can take springs mood swings because I know it won't be long until the flowers start blooming and everything turns green again. Until then I can make my own bit of sunshine in the Studio.
Yes you read it correctly, a quilt kit! Quilt kits and quilt patterns are rare in my Studio. I'm more of a free pattern and do the quilty math or design my own quilts kind of gal. The first project below has no name and was designed by the local quilt shop called Back Door Quilts.
When was the last time you were in the same building with fabric for sale and walked out empty handed? No fabric, no notions, nothing, nada, zilch, just you and your purse walking out the door. Yeah, that doesn't happen very often for me either. This latest little haul is from mine and Judy's day out that I mentioned in yesterdays blog post. We both love happy and bright colors in quilts so fabric shopping with her is fun. She leans more towards quilts with a 30's vintage look. Whereas I just look for bright and happy so I can design my own quilts, not sure if I have a style other than bright and cute.
How long has it been since you last attended a quilt show? For me it has been about 10 years. So I was super excited when my neighbor and quilting buddy Judy suggested we needed a girls day out at the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show.
There was nothing going to stop these two ole gals from getting out and enjoying the day. Not even the torrential down pour of rain. I haven't seen an all day rain like that in a long time. Well I should say I haven't been out in a rain like that in a long time. But we were determined and pressed onward. By the time we made it through the parking lot and in the building we were soaked. The umbrellas were pretty much useless in 50 mile an hour wind gusts. I thought for sure the horrible weather would keep most quilters at home and we would basically have the whole show to ourselves. Wrong! They all thought the same and wasn't going to let a little wind and rain keep them away. It was worth it.There was so much to see but I'm only sharing a few of my favorites. If you would like to see all the winners you can find them by clicking here
Please forgive me for not being able to give credit to the makers of these quilts. I forgot to take pictures of the piece of paper attached to the quilts.
Each quilt shared with you today is hand quilted with lots of other handwork.
This one is called The Crossing.
.Take a look at this trapunto. I've never seen little stuffed balls that look like marbles. Impressive! Now tell me, will these flatten if the quilt is folded? How would they hold up to washing?