I found out in June I am going to be a great aunt again! At the time, I didn’t know the sex of the baby so started out making a quilt top for a boy.
Mahalo, by Fig Tree & Co.
For the last couple of years, I have been part of the Figs & Friends program they offer. Each quarter, they send a pattern and a starter kit of curated fabrics. Love how this turned out! And with those cheery yellows, might be nice for a girl too! Nice using fabric I have on hand!
Well, I found out it is to be a girl, so made another Butterfly quilt, I believe designed by Lela Boutique? I made different blocks and size, but used her lay out.
Jeanette is quilting them both. The first two butterflies I made, she custom quilted, and they were beautiful! I can’t wait to get these back again!
This summer I went to visit Kim over the 4th of July. We went to the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. They had several different exhibits set up. The first had quilts from the ‘stan countries (Kahzikstan, Pakistan, etc.).
I think it is so interesting that block patterns are so universal, from half way around the world and many years ago. In the middle picture, those pineapple blocks are the size of a dime. I cannot imagine making them. The last picture was an example of thread painting. Beautiful.
They also had a modern quilt exhibit, but wasn’t really my thing. But. The final room had and exhibit from Ohio Valley. Beautiful antique quilts!
We stopped at a few quilt shops, but spent most of our time sewing. Most of this quilt was done at Kim’s house. Again, it was a Figs and Friends kit. I chose to make it larger as I am donating it to Quilts for Cops. Jeanette is busy quilting this one too!
After I had it all pieced, I noticed that in the pattern, every other block was turned. I am happy with it as is, and wasn’t about to start taking it apart.
And that is a wrap of my summer sewing. It was pretty productive I think!
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