crocus999 wrote:

Well, now I guess we can add poems to the Reel and Recipe Book - Besides the latest from Romira. we had been doing limericks a while back!!!
How about== "Reels, Recipes, and Rhymes"?? I like it!

Rosemary did you see her 1-day and 3-day courses for 2013? Looks like it might be an interesting jaunt and a nice stay in Yorkshire. I think I will see if any of my quilting buddies might be interested. Thanks for the link I really enjoyed looking at her quilts.

Oh, wow, I clicked on your link, Rosemary. The green quilt is simply smashing! If I could quilt like that, I'd be thrilled.

I wonder why googling Weardale got me to the Welsh quilts website? Maybe the person also collects other quilts?

Anyhow, that feather-based quilting that I saw on both websites is right up my alley!

Kathy

Gosh ! I saw fish right away...or rather part of a fish ! The feather pattern in the middle of the side resembles a beautifully
ornate fish tail finn section !! Very pretty form ! I still haven't figured the wheel out tho ! All that quilting is just over the top!

kathyst2 wrote: :

Weardale is in North Yorkshire not Wales, and they are very distinctively different styles. This is the lady whose books I have for reference http://lilian-hedley-quilter.com/page4.htm including a book of of the designs for the quilt 'A Tribute to Mrs Yellowley' - a the bottom of the page.

Actually I should have said Weardale Wheel but since it is a 6 division design rather than an 8 division I've changed my mind.

Thanks for the suggestions, but somehow I just cannot see fish on it, and I have tried - honest.

Welsh styles are also fascinating, and at some point I hope to get myself a book on it.

I googled Weardale ring and came up with the Welsh Quilting website, which is just gorgeous! It's like a rabbit hole, I want to just jump in and stay there a good long time. I keep saying that I want to learn welsh quilting which is so beautiful. My Grandmother's maiden name was Lanfear which sounds like Llanfair, a welsh name- so I may come by my welsh longings genetically!

Kathy

Rosemary,
Your quilt made me think of this.
The streets of London are paved with Gold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Whittington_and_His_Cat

And here are lyrics to a song:

The Way by Fastball

They made up their minds and they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

They drank up the wine and they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

CHORUS:
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they don't really care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today , today

The children woke up and they couldn't find 'em
They left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

I can't take the credit for the colours, which by the way are yellows & golds - not orange as the scan shows, because they were originally made by jvkorte/Joanie. Since she had used 9 strips per reel I was able to split them into 3 and have pieces 1 3/4" x 3 1/2" to build the pattern.

I have a couple of books on North Country Quilting Templates by Lilian Hedley, and have been thinking of using a pattern called the Weardale ring. added to which It could make a nice piece to work on tomorrow at a Vintage Fair my branch of the EG will be domonstrating. If I'm not making thimbles! I had originally thought that footprints in brown could be amusing, either human or dog, but couldn't work out a machine line for it.

Love the herring bone and the colours!! I am always amazed at how some of the most simple designs can have the most striking visual impact and texture.

Rosemary, that is so cool! or should I say hot with the yellow and orange. Definitely NOT stitch in the ditch. This calls out for overall quilting to hold down all those seams. how about loop-de-loops with fish instead of leaves growing out of them?

Kathy

Margo wrote:
Thanks Margo, I got the weekend fun email this evening and saw it there. Nice to see Ireland looking good!

Rosemary, the herringbone looks fab. You could quilt fish all over it.

Beautiful, Rosemary!

Reetzbobeetz wrote:
Rita, the Smile box was in the latest newsletter and is now on the daily blog page: [url]daily-blog/107-just-for-fun/15875-the-beautiful-cliffs-valleys-and-cows-of-ireland[/url]