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Vanuatu Jill 07-12-2010 09:27 PM

Wow! what a great variety of beautiful quilts!! Thanks for showing us!

Pineapple Princess 07-12-2010 09:37 PM

Thanks for posting these!

grammatjr 07-13-2010 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ann clare
WOW Stunning work. My favourite is grandmothers flower garden

The Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt has kind of an interesting story behind it. The lady who made it had done stuffed carousel and rocking horses for years. She had three 55 gallon drums of scraps left over from the horses. So, when she decided to make a quilt, she had plenty to work with.

It took her 6 years to hand piece all the octagons. She would spend nights awake, remembering all her fabrics, and trying to decide what would coordinate. As she finished a flower, she would put it in a wicker basket to stay flat.

Her 88 year old mother cut all the yellow and green shapes, and did the hand binding.

She had a quilt group hand quilt it.

She brought one of the Carousel Horses she had made about 34 years ago. We posted a sign asking people to find the fabric of the horse on the quilt. People really enjoyed that.

close up of some of the flowers
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Carousel Horse fabic is found in one flower, and in one shape of the border
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CarrieAnne 07-13-2010 06:38 AM

Very nice quilts!

Rose L 02-04-2011 11:48 PM

What wonderful quilts. You have a very strong employee group. It must be such a pleasure working with so many like minded individuals. I hope I can make it to your show in March!

trolleystation 02-13-2014 01:24 PM

There is a HUGE amount of quilting talent displayed there.

carolaug 02-13-2014 04:03 PM

6 years...wow....if I have to work on a quilt more then 3 weeks...it drives me batty....She did a wonderful job. Love the horse too.

kwiltkrazy 09-18-2016 08:20 AM

wow those are so spectacular

StrayCat 09-18-2016 10:32 AM

Interesting venue, nice displays.


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