It's 120" x 120". And it's beautiful. It is waiting for its ride to Perth, Australia with Kimmie Dieball Newman and her husband Keith. This is their wedding quilt - they were married in Chicago in the fall of 2015. Kim's dad and I were at Farragut together in the 70's and then were both transferred to Englewood High School in 1981. Ed eventually went to King HS and Dyett Upper Grade School/High School. I then went to Hyde Park HS and ultimately to Kennedy HS. At this time Ed and his wife Marge had babies - Patricia (she of the Hungry Caterpillar quilt), Kimberly, and Thomas. I have known these three since they were babies. And now? They are all starting their own families!
Kimmie has a degree in Art History. The colors of this quilt appealed to her, and so I finished it for her to accommodate her big husband and their big California king bed. More than ever, I am indebted to my long armers, Frank and Terri Karls of
T and F Quilting. Wrangling a quilt of this size requires special skill! The color bars are from
Jinny Beyer's Spectrum quilt kit.
I asked Terri and Frank for an open quilting design to keep this quilt as light and airy as possible. And I like this "basket weave" effect. I imagine this quilt will last a long, long time.
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| The back is snow white, just like the borders of the front. |
Meanwhile, I did some organizing and sorting in the studio. This is the neatest these shelves have been in several years. There is one completed quilt in there - it's waiting for its owner.
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| This trio of Mors bags went to John and Juanita Tilgner as a hostess gift. |
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| These two? I was at the dentist today, and I will admit that I love him - what a nice young man. He's always appreciative of little gifts and was happy to receive these. Time to make some more! |
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Big quilts. Small bags. All are important!
1 comment:
This quilt is a real beauty. The spectrum of colours is so pretty and like a rainbow. I'm sure it will be well loved.
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