I jumped right in and pulled out stacks and stacks of batiks – OMG I had to tell myself to focus on only a few colorways… brown, blue and green. Oh, and what an opportunity to dive into my batik stash which is overflowing with every color imaginable. Another personal connection here: Leanne used to live, not even 2 years ago, in my hometown, Edmonton, Alberta.When a client mentioned he wanted a quilt with a horse theme for his wife, I practically yelled out yeehah! Well, I was a little more professional than that but I had been designing a western style quilt in my mind’s eye for years and this was the opportunity to finally make it come to life. She Can Quilt (for the finish along wrap-up) Sidenote: did you see that Leanne is one of two new hosts for the New Quilt Bloggers 2017? She and Beth of Cooking Up Quilts (who I just happened to have hugged in person!) are hosting along with Yvonne of Quilting Jet Girl. This one will live with me although it was not intended to read Christmas, it certainly has that air about it, and so it will add to the festive vibe in the house this month! Threads: pieced with Gütermann quilted with Superior King Tut (and about the last quarter in Aurifil variegated as I ran out!) and also with Essential in cream. Quilted: on my Avanté forgot to write down the stitches count (or I haven't found where I did, lol) Pattern: Midnight Mystery by Meadow Mist Designsįabric: scraps and leftovers, except for the Northcott on the back Had to rip the binding back on both sides to insert the Ika Print mmm! quilts label, sigh, not the first time I've had to do that! I probably could have pieced the yardage to make the entire back of the same fabric, but I wanted a little more interest, so I used up the green. ![]() ![]() The red, 'Happy Christmas' by Northcott, is what I picked up at Alma Sue's Quilts in Sarasota this past spring in her $5/yard sale section. I was fighting the wind a bit that day, and to my heart's delight, a guy who stopped at the corner here hopped out of his car and gave me a hand! Love small town living, I do. They've torn down the old boarding house that used to be here, along with one of the huge old black walnut trees.I'm pretty worried this old boy will also be cut down since they are building a condo complex in the boarding house's stead. I've wanted to take a picture of one of my quilts in this tree a block from our former house forEVER. Isn't that branch just purrr-fect for hanging Nine Lives?! Here are some shots of it hot off the frame, squared, but no binding on, one month ago on November 3: I finished the flimsy in January here in North Port. I think I also used that green tree bark-type fabric on another quilt. ![]() It began its life in Kingsville, leftover fabrics from five previous projects: a runner I made for a colleague who was retiring from teaching, fabric left over from my Indianapolis Quilt, cat fabric from a runner for my aunt in England, now passed away, fabric left over from Shamrock, John's quilt, and the green tree bark fabric used as part of the backing left over from a good friend's group effort quilt that I quilted. □ I named the quilt Nine Lives as a nod to the cat fabric and the miles this quilt has travelled, as well as to the reincarnation of every fabric in the quilt to form the one you see before you today! It was the last quilt quilted on my Avanté before MacGyver disassembled her for storage. This is Cheryl of Meadow Mist Designs 2016 mystery quilt.
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