Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Even More Info About Small Quilt

Recently I was unpacking some of my quilting books when I came across one I hadn't looked at in a while. It ended up having a whole bunch of information about some of the quilters who made the blocks that ended up in my small quilt top (please see entry fro 10/5/19). Seems they were all part of a group who participated in a series of seminars put on at the University of Utah by Sandi Fox. So that sort of explains the level of expertise in the sewing on these blocks because even though I never took any of the seminars, I was very aware of Sandi Fox as an established expert both in the construction of quilts and in the history of quilts.

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Gift Quilt Finished

This is my first king sized quilt. It is a gift for the adult son of someone I knew in Utah who said he liked red. I gave him a few options for a "red" quilt and he picked an Amish style. Obviously most Amish quilts were not for king-sized beds so I had to sort of make up my own way to make the quilt bigger that didn't just involve yards more black fabric. And I do admit to omitting some of the quilting that normally covers the background--it is after all for someone I have only met once and that quite briefly. So there is some sagging in the unquilted areas but since this guy thinks thread is called yarn it seems unlikely that he will realize my error.

Happy New Year everyone.