Annis , a beautiful quilt. I remember bits of it from when you were making it. If it only got a 2nd place the first place winner must be something else.

Joyce, pretty baby quilt.

Lotti!
Weather around here (Ottawa and Montreal where I am for march break) has been lovely with lots of snow melting.
Jeanine

Annis, it is wonderful! That's small!

Joyce, your baby quilt is so luscious! Lucky baby!

Lotti, have a great trip!

geneva

Another lovely baby quilt, Joyce!

Thanks, everyone. There were a lot of great quilts at the show that didn't get a ribbon. It was an honor to get one on mine. The quilt finished at about 23" square. It was a redesign of the TQS 2011 BOM Ruffled Roses, inspired by the center applique found in EQ, slightly modified and with added hearts. The ribbon applique was also from EQ. I used leftover fabric from the king size quilt I made using the TQS 2009 BOM for my inspiration.

All of the appliques on the quilt were simplified or replaced with pieced blocks. There was a lot of paper piecing done with tape to hold the pieces in place, especially the 4-patch blocks which were strip-pieced first then paper pieced with the triangles. I haven't taken time yet to count the number of pieces in the quilt. The quilted circles near the center measure 5/16", the 4-patch blocks slightly over 1/2", the 4-patch posies are 1-1/2", and the feathers in the outer border are 2-3/8" x 3/4".

There was a lot of stitch-in-the-ditch and outline quilting before getting started on the decorative quilting, and lots of thread ends to hide. For the quilting templates, I designed them in Illustrator and printed them on vellum paper or clear full sheet labels, then either sewed on the line or around the cutout shapes with a walking foot. Each of the beads and buttons took about 10 minutes to sew on with invisible thread and a bead on the back. The quilting was a slow process and took about 8 weekends. I'm so glad it's finished!

Our daughter loves the city and doesn't want to leave. Sadly, as it is such a hassle to get in there!! She was "mostly likely to farm" (I thought with a son-in-law!) and then went to the School of the Art Institute in Fashion Design and totally fell in love with the city! It is a hard day of travel in & out on me.

My uncle lived on Michigan Ave for years and they loved it as well!

great quilt joyce!

EAT PIZZA FOR ME LOTTI!!! LOVE THAT LOU'S & UNO'S!!!

sorry - had mentioned this on another thread - probably row robin or terrie's myster quilt...
flying to montreal this wednesday - meeting up with terrie & her hubby and hopefully also andrée the first night. off to ottawa thursday afternoon and "home" to my parents' in the eastern townships, quebec on sunday - staying with them 'till after easter.
flying to chicago in the morning of 30th March for work (the cardiology congress - i will be working setting up our exhibition stand / looking after our sales staff and the customers from noon thursday through monday). and flying home again in evening of 5th march. so i get to have half a day on 30th marcha bit of the next morning and most of the day on 5th march to gallivant / explore / meet up with anyone in the neighborhood.
yes i know it's cold in that part of the world - but i can't move the congress to when it suits me - and luckily it's this close to easter so that i could add a 2-week vacation with friends and family in canada. (next year will be washington dc again - hmmmmmmmm another visit at the jinny beyer store?)

Another beautiful baby quilt...and the quilting!! I really love all those feathers!! I'm from Chicago, (we left because of the weather and the traffic), how I miss that amazing food!! Every time I go home, about all I do is eat and drink that fabulous Lake Michigan water!! Southern Arizona is a wonderful place to live, but there are things I will always miss about Chicago.

Fabulous fabric and your quilting is wonderful. Happy days

Oops.... double post!

Last weekend I finished a baby quilt for someone special. It is hand dyed silk/cotton blend and I designed the quilting myself, too. About 40" x 55". The mom of the baby was in awe and so shocked I made it for her. That really warmed me. I've been slowly teaching her about quilts by showing her what I do. Before she knew it was for her, she said to sign her up for the silk/cotton fabric!



The back is a Moda flannel in cream. Just luscious! And so cuddly compared to the cheap flannel that many want to use.



Yesterday we went to Chicago to see our daughter for the day. Today is my husband's birthday and food is his language so he likes her to find a good place for his birthday lunch. We had Dino BBQ. DD said it is a chain but we don't have one in our rural area. It was yummy! We have a son as well (he is in college) so he wasn't along.

Lotti & Geveva great baby quilts!! You inspire me to start making one for number 5 that will be due in June! Love, Love those babies, just wish they were closer.
Annis congrats on your ribbon on your miniature quilt, what is the actual size of it? Really a beautiful quilt!
Hey Lotti, what part of the states are you going to? Don't you know its cold in the great white north this time of year? Enjoy your trip!

fabulous, fabulous quilt, Annis!
congratulations on that 2nd Place!
so well deserved :