The Quilt Museum in La Grange, Texas, put out a call early this year for quilts made by Texas quilters over the age of 75. I thought "Wow. I have half a chance at getting accepted for this one!"
It took me a bit to get through the application process, but I submitted photos and descriptions of three quilts.
One quilt is named Joy. It was made using red and green "orphan" blocks from my collection spanning many years. I made a few new blocks and assembled them all into this fun quilt. I embellished it with buttons and jewelry and crystals and lace and lot of fun.
The oldest blocks spelled out Joy. They were made in a workshop with Connie Huffnagel in the late 1980s.
The nine patches were laid out in patterns learned in a Lifetime Learning class using the Nine Patch Pizazz book.
The bearded Santas were supposed to have been made into a vest, but never got there.
The Hexie block was a gift from a workshop coordinator at the Sisters Quilt Show some years back. Many of the wonky trees were made at that show in Freddy Moran's class.
The border blocks were supposed to have made a quilt by themselves, but never made it that far.
This quilt was not accepted into the Museum's show. Pity. It's so much fun to look at.
The next quilt I submitted was The Vanilla Quilt. It's a simple, traditional pattern made in a very limited pallette. The Pineapple blocks were constructed over several years using Gyleen Fitzgerald's ruler. Very easy. But because of the color scheme, kind of boring. There are hundreds of different fabrics in this quilt, but all are very "low volume". It was quilted by Janie George in a pantograph. It won a Judges Choice ribbon at the Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild show in 2015, It's permanent home is on the wall in my living room. It adds wonderful texture and interest to a very bare wall.
This quilt was accepted into the show and is the first quilt on the upper row. At that distance, it's hard to see that there are hundreds of different fabrics in it.
The third quilt is one that is owned by my daughter. I made it for her living room in the colors she was currently using. Her husband chimed in on color choices. The pattern was loosely based on a quilt I had seen in the Austin Area Quilt Guild show. It turned out to be a lot larger than I had anticipated, but is very striking.
