Originally Posted by mollymct
Just curious! Is it one of your quilts? I and my machine are not ready to tackle a queen sized quilt yet, but I wish I could create one! I have a (getting very worn) "bought" quilt on my bed--it does appear handquilted anyway and I have just loved it. So, I'm shopping for a new quilt until I have grown more skilled and gotten a machine with a decent arm length!!
OMG!!! What a great topic and what beautiful quilts!
My college friend, Louise, made a gorgeous all HANDMADE queen sized quilt for me when the FIRST quilt she made for me began falling apart after so many washings. (Yes, this is the SECOND queen sized quilt she has made for me. Could I have a better friend? I think not!) I picked out the fabric before I had ever quilted and I gave her such heavy fabrics to work with! Had I known................ It is all creams and beiges, and a bit of goldish......circles, squares, rectangles. It is HEAVY because of the fabrics so we only use it in the fall and the winter. It's so snuggly. In the spring and summer, I change to a gorgeous "Storm at Sea" blue and green, machine pieced, all hand quilted, queen sized quilt I bought at the Boynton Beach City Library......yes, the LIBRARY, in Florida, where a fabulous group of women work once a week for about 2 1/2 hours hand sewing quilts which they then sell for the benefit of the library! The first time I walked in there, six ladies were doing the hand quilting on a frame and I fell in love with it....the colors...the pieces...the hand work.....sigh. We agreed on a price, and voila! I acquired a gorgeous, light weight quilt that I treasure. I have purchased, maybe two years ago, enough fabric, Laurel Burch, olive horses and the complimentary fabrics to go with that, for me to do a quilt for my bed but I AM SCARED OUT OF MY MIND TO DO IT!!!! I do have a long arm quilter I would bring it to but.........................in the meantime, I am making a scrap quilt, like a crazy quilt, no sashing, just little, little pieces together and I WILL get it to be a queen sized quilt for us. THANK YOU SO MUCH for the topic. I love seeing the quilts others have made and one day I will learn how to post pictures here. My Lovely friend Louise deserves to have her work highlighted here. She is a gem. As a matter of fact I did make a quilt for her! No one who quilts usually GETS a quilt and she loved it! I loved doing it for her. It is an oriental quilt I made with silk and cotton fabrics we got together on a trip to Asia! It covers a queen but doesn't go over the sides. She has it hanging up in her hallway. Ah......................friendship, quilting, what a glorious combination!!