Meet Cottage Flower. It is a big quilt, and the thing I remember most about this quilt is that I took forever selecting fabrics. I had the floral for the outer border first, and then I collected the rest of the fabrics from there. Another thing I recall is the sawtooth inner border intimidated me. I'd never done one before; how would I ever get it to fit? Obviously, it did, thankfully.
My grandmother hand quilted it for me. The designs are some of her classic patterns - the cable in the borders and the straight lines in the alternate blocks - these were her go-to designs.
Next up is Winter Lily, another quilt that Grandma quilted for me. I began this quilt at Frienzie Sherrie's house the first year she hosted our Veterans' Day all-nighter. My green is not the bright Christmas-y green; I selected a duller hunter green. Likewise, my red is burgundy as opposed to bright cherry red. I don't know why I made these choices, but I am still happy with them.
The remaining Thimbleberries quilts have all been shown on the blog before, but I've never pulled them together like this.
Tulip wall hanging; machine quilted.
Confetti Stars 2.0; quilt top |
September Stars; quilt top |
Nine-Patch Criss Cross; quilt top |
Confetti Stars; quilt top |
Little Heart Wall Hanging; Machine Quilted.
Sampler; machine quilted |
Trail Mix; machine quilted. |
Nine-Patch Criss Cross; hand quilted by Grandma. |
Fall Foliage; quilt top |
Peppermint Pinwheel (the one in the book was a red and white Christmas quilt); quilt top
Snowflake Star; quilt top
Hourglass; quilt top |
Well. that's enough for now. It's been rather nice going back through pictures to see these quilts again. It does confirm that I do indeed love to make quilts using Thimbleberries patterns.
Happy Quilting, Friends!
Seems you're quite a fan then?
ReplyDeleteA beautiful collection of quilts and how lovely to have had some of them quilted by your Grandmother, very special.
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