Tuesday, April 10, 2012

What letter is this?


In less than a month, my quilt guild will be holding their biannual Quilt Show.

One of the fun events is our quilt challenge. For this show, the theme is "Pick A Letter, Any Letter."

The inspiration came from a quilt exhibit I had seen in Seattle in 2004 where quilters from the US, France, and Japan chose letters from the alphabet and creatively expressed those letters in quilts. I thought it was a wonderful challenge concept and was pleased that it was chosen for our 2012 show.



As a guild member, I'm also entering a regular quilt. Trying to fit quilting in with work and baking is a challenge in itself, and I managed to do just one. The fabrics have the feel of Provence. I quilted each little panel differently and embellished one section with gold beads. The tassels were added in honor of the recipient.



A recipient, I might add, who didn't want the quilt.

Rejected.

Guess that happens sometimes.

So, now it's mine to do with as I please.

Thanks to my dear neighbor (who receives many a baked goodie from me) for being my quilt holder.




Stay tuned. The next post will return to food, namely Italian Sage Bread.

2 comments:

MyKitchenInHalfCups said...

Rejected ... strange person to reject such beauty. Somethings are just mysterious. I love quilts, my aunt made me several. I've never done one but I've tried a few squares. Quilts are works of art.

Karen Baking Soda said...

What? Really? How rude! Or maybe mysterious is a better more positive word (thank you Tanna!)
I love the upper one in grey tones and orange; very sparkling. The quilting on the second one is so lovely, all different making one.