Added: Aug 14, 2007
Name of Pattern or Block | Strolling the Block |
Owned By | Holly Caspary |
Name of Maker | Joyce Fletcher Menard & Linda Vollwerth |
Name of Quilter | Cindy Goodreau |
Year Made | 2004 |
Year Made is: | Certain |
Located in City | Houghton |
Located in State | MI |
Located in Country | US |
Condition of Quilt | Mint |
Design Source | Adapted Original Design |
Design Source - Based On | a quilt shown on Simply Quilts web page |
Design Source - Published In | Strolling the Around the Block |
Design Source - Description |
Now hanging in a Sr. Citizens assisted living dining room - This quilt was adapted to reflect the year's weather and activities here in the uppper peninsula of Michigan. Our winters are longer, our spring comes in two stages; mud and then the flowers. We included autumn and deer season. We added buttons to make a manger scene in the front yard. As Christians, we wanted to include Jesus's birthday and found the perfect buttons of Mary, Jesus and Joseph. We added as many buttons and decorative threads as we could find on this raw edge appliqued quilt. Buttons included: shamrocks, hearts kites, chickens, stars, bats. The quilter went wild and added very creative and heavy quilting. There are so many designs she put in, this quilt draws the viewer in. The border fabric we thought was perfect since those 2 story homes reflect the homes of the captains of copper mining days here. |
Genre | Art Quilt |
Quilt Type | Wall Quilt |
Quilt Width | 57 |
Quilt Height | 72 |
Measurement In: | Inches |
Fabric Used | 100% Commercial Cotton |
Construction Technique | Applique |
Piecing By | None |
Applique by | Machine |
Types of Quilting | Machine Quilted |
Embellishments | Buttons, Beads, Hand Embroidery, Machine Embroidery, Other |
Embellishments - Other Desc. | fabric paint, machine embroidery appliques |
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