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Here is a quilt Alex did for fun very early in her quilting journey. Having seen the Airplane Quilt for her Dad, Alex decided to try the pattern herself. She added pin wheel "propellers" all around and embellished exhaust using glass beads. This quilt was made at Asilomar, when her teacher realized that rather than flunk her that Alex should be on independent study. Good teacher (Margaret Miller).
Keep watching. I found another closet.
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This is a special quilt. It was made for Alex´s Dad (Joe) by his 2nd grade teacher. She was a new quilter and a friend of Joe´s mother. Like many of the kids of his generation, Joe had an idol. It was Charles Lindbergh the famous aviator. When planes would fly over (which wasn´t often back then) the kids would run outside and wave to the plane yelling, "Hi, Lindy".
Based on the story, the quilt would have been made in about 1931-32. This quilt has had a lot of "love". It is faded in parts and has its share of stains, but I thought you would enjoy the fabrics of the period. I don´t know if this pattern was popular back then. Does anyone else out there have an airplane quilt from the 30´s?
Keep checking in this week for more from the Armoire.
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I am currently in Kansas City Mo for BU. The official name is Bernina University - an annual gathering for all dealers. It is where Bernina stores and their employees come to learn about the latest and greatest Bernina has to offer us. As you probably know, there has been a lot of buzz about a new machine - And there is VERY good reason! Opening ceremonies just concluded and I can tell you first hand Bernina has knocked it out of the ball park! I can´t tell you the details - at least not today, but register and join us on the world wide web to watch the global unveiling this coming Monday. To register go here - also, if you are coming to consumer BU this Monday - I look forward to meeting you!
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Capt´n John--I received an email from a member wondering about the quilt behind Nina in the Bernina banner in the left border. That red quilt is the quilt shown above. It is by Alex and is made from one of her fabric lines with P&B. The quilt is also featured in her book "Paper Piecing with Alex Anderson" but in different fabrics. Alex really feared doing the Paper Piecing book. I like how the quilts for this book turned out, in fact the pineapple quilt hangs in our front hall. Eleanor Roosevelt said "You must do the thing you think you cannot do". Usually it turns out much better than you ever thought.
Alex is going to Kansas City next week for the exciting Bernina launch. Maybe I can get a few more quilts out of the Armoire.
52" x 58". 72 6: Square in a Square blocks. Paper Pieced by Alex and quilted by Paula Reid.
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My guess is that if you are reading this, you consider yourself an artist - that´s right! Even if you don´t feel confident to utter those words in public - somewhere inside of you a little smiley face just emerged.
As many of you know, John and I have a secret hide away that we get to visit periodically. It is nestled in the foothills of Ca. in the sleepy town of Groveland (to learn more about Groveland watch show 212). When we visit, one of our favorite things to do is take an early morning walk. This past time I took my camera (thank goodness) "just in case". That "just in case" scenario was the right decision. As we wandered down the trail, we couldn´t help but notice that art was emerging around us. Not mother nature art, but the human hand art. Here, in the middle of no where, people were compelled to create. So, today´s question is, where do you express your self beyond quilting? And as an aside, we did not create any of these pieces............
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Being fired up by the wedding at Alden Lane last week, I decided it was time to finish Joey and Shelly´s Chuppah. Between Wendy (she did the machine work) and my self (I did the hand work) - we are looking at 60 hours - but hey, who´s counting? Here is the problem, on one edge there is a little puckering - take a look. How distracting is it? Do I need to redo - or move on to "something old. something new, something borrowed, something blue".........I am thinking that when it is in place, it will be a non issue.
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Once and a blue moon I have the pleasure to simply take a day off and play - or was that run errands? It was just fun to get out and cruise around (On so many levels that is rare these days!)In any case, I stopped by Quilters Inn in Danville, CA and guess who I ran into? Pam - my celebrity stunt sewer . When was the last time you were at a quilt shop and how far was it from your house? Was it destination specific or part of a well planned shopping loop (thinking of gas prices here)?
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(Capt´n John)--This is a family quilt. Alex´s Dad, like all kids of his generation, had a special hero. His name was Charles Lindbergh. That´s right, the famous early aviator. Alex´s Dad, Joe, remembers whenver a plane came over (which wasn´t often) all the kids would run outside and wave and say "Hi, Lindy". Joe was very much a fan of Lindy, and so his 2nd grade teacher, a family friend, made this quilt for him. She had just started quilting. This dates the quilt to about 1932.
This was a very "loved" and used quilt. It has faded quite a bit in spots and shows a number of stains. Below I tried to get some close-ups of the fabrics.
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Just when you think you are in the clear for 30 seconds - a rude awakening happens when you realize your next book needs over 100 "step outs". Where are the elves when you need them? I can´t tell you exactly what it is going to be about - but at a minimum I am thrilled with the quilts!!! Please note, Sparrow is out on the town and not where she should be - keeping me company!!!
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This past week was a whirlwind tour of Bernina Dealers and airports - First I was in Oklahoma City, then Carmel IN and last but not least Ann Arbor. In all cases I was with family, both blood line and Bernina family! What was so great, like extra gold in the treasure chest, was that John and I got to celebrate my cousin´s 60th birthday in Ann Arbor - a pirates gathering complete with white fish and poppy seed cake!
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