Years Eleven and Twelve (2014 -2015)

In early 2014 I created this wall quilt named

Create With Abandon

using leftover liberated free pieced letters from Lynne.

It was juried into a number of AQS shows

and now hangs on the wall in my design studio.

Using more leftover orphans and orts from Lynne

and free pieced words from Lee Ann aka Nifty Quilts,

I created my quilt named What Matters Most.

This photo was taken in New Hampshire

during my visit with Lynne in 2014.

The quilt would later travel with me to Chattanooga

for a photo op with Lee Ann at the AQS show.

2014 was also the year of the three Celebrations quilts

made for our nephews and their families.

(Warning -this is what happens when you purchase

 TOO MUCH Laurel Burch holiday fabric . . . )

And as 2014 came to a close,

my sister "purchased" three of my quilts 

and Christmas gifted them to her in-laws.

Left to right:

Granny Smith, Summer Sorbet, and Tickled Pink.

During 2015 I continued to make quilts 

from Sujata Shah's Cultural  Fusion Quilts book.

This is No Ugly Flowers

made from her Peppermint Pinwheels design.

This is Midtown Vibe made for our younger son's bed

using her Rail Fence design.

And this is Azaleas in Bloom 

made with a saree and silks brought from Asia by our DIL 

using her Windmills / Winter designs.

When our oldest nephew and wife 

learned their third child would be a girl,

they requested a very pink quilt.

Girly Girl was the result.

Inspired by Teresa Rawson's 

X Marks the Block tutorial.

(permanent link in the sidebar)

And during 2015, I finished the six quilts

started during 2014, my first year with 

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

This is Arrowheads.

And this is Fruit Loops -

which has recently been gifted

to my brother-in-law.

The Eclectic Goose

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Umbrellas Unfurled

I'll be teaching a week long class for this one

in September 2019

at the John C. Campbell Folk School.

And Happy Happy Joy Joy aka HHJJ.

Another interpretation using 

Teresa's X Marks the Block design.

* * *

I'm very glad I chose this retrospective

approach to the Maps and Mapping challenge

instead of designing and piecing another quilt.

It has been most interesting

to navigate through my own quilting journey.

And there are still three more years

to share before reaching the present day.

Quiltdivajulie