I have in the past, blogged about Thimbleberries, which is a quilt club with members across the country. A couple of months ago, one of our members locally embarked upon a project which has sparked a good deal of enthusiasm among our members. Every year, we have a quilt project to complete if we so desire, but this project is of our own choosing. Jennifer Chiaverini has authored a series of novels ---"The Elm Creek Quilt Novels". I began reading this series several years ago, before I began to quilt actually. The stories depict quilters from different eras in our history, one for example about a slave titled "The Runaway Quilt" and her struggle to escape slavery. But the novels all are based on the same characters and their common interest in quilting. Sylvia's Bridal Sampler was a quilt assembled with 6" squares, each from a different quilter. Sylvia was a master quilter and opened a retreat for quilters from all over the country, even other countries. When, at an advanced stage in her life, she married, the quilters whose lives she touched contributed to her wedding quilt. Now this book of quilt patterns, based on the 140 blocks from "Sylvia's Bridal Sampler" authored by Jennifer Chiaverini has been published for us!! I was so excited to begin and as I make each block, and learn it's name and struggle with each method of construction, I find that I am learning so much. What started as one quilter here choosing to start this project has become many. We compare our blocks, share tips and encourage each other. So...here are my first 10 blocks. There are 14 rows of 10 blocks each in the quilt example I chose.
We had a wonderful 4th of July with friends spending the weekend with us. My friend, Bonnie and I spent the weekend on a garden art project which exceeded our expectations and my next blog will show the fruit of our labors. I hope it will inspire some of my followers to follow our example and to let me know what you have done.
"Like a gardener, I believe that what goes down must come up." ~ Lynwood L. Giacomini
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I can't wait to see the finished quilt!
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