Year Thirteen (2016)

Just Wing It was one of my

Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects.

This photo was taken by Lynne in New Hampshire

while the quilt was there to visit

her Liberated Birds class at Quilted Threads.

Happy Accident was started in a workshop

with Sujata Shah in St. Louis.

Sujata and I have followed each other's blogs

for a long time so it was fabulous

to spend time together in real life.

Max --

 my APQS George sit down longarm --

came to live in my sewing studio mid-year.

Learning to quilt my own quilts continues 

to be quite the adventure!

Sea Glass has to be the MOST special quilt

 I've had the privilege to make.

It was gifted to our elder son and his wife

during their baby shower in late July.

They had told us for ten years

that they did not plan to have children.

We are thrilled that they changed their minds

and decided to have Little Man.

Moments in Time was created during 

Audrey's Quilty 365.

I opted for six months rather than twelve

to keep the quilt's size within reason.

It was also one of the very first quilts

I quilted with anything other than

simple wavy lines.

In November, ALL of the quilts from my book

BUILD A BARN - No Pattern Construction

were shown during the Davies Manor quilt show.

See Rock City

The Seasonal Sampler

and the incredible Gallery Quilts

(click the link in the paragraph above

 to explore more photos and stories)

Chris (left) quilted all of them and this was

the first time she had seen them

 completely finished and all in one place.

What an experience to spend that weekend

sharing the quilts with those attending the show.

2016 was a very good year.

Quiltdivajulie