There Goes The Neighborhood !
I brought home a box full of house quilt blocks
from Idaho this summer...
they belong to my aunt.
These wild fabrics were also in the box...
This note was also in the box...
Each block was created by a different quilter
and a few of them wrote a note to my aunt.
Here is a close up view of a few of the blocks:
The box of fabrics and instruction note
was handed off to each quilter...
After one quilter had completed her block,
she placed her block in the box and
handed it off to the next person...
This quilter did a photo transfer on fabric
of my aunt and placed it
in the window of the house.
With each person using some fabric from the box,
and adding some fabric of their own,
it helped the blocks to be more cohesive...
The directions indicated that black & white fabric
be included in every block...
The quilters were so creative !
Each person adding their own style !
Makes you want to make a HOUSE !
One of the quilters signed her block
and included the date...2005
My aunt requested that I also include
my own house block...here it is.
I decided to make TREE BLOCKS
to alternate between the house blocks...
I pulled these lime green fabrics from my stash.
I made a few tree blocks and put them
up on the design wall...
The black background fabric really
helps to showcase the house blocks...
I am liking the tree blocks
so I will keep adding them to the design...
A few more tree blocks and I will be ready
to stitch this together...
This is what it looks like after 3 days of stitching.
As time allows, I will get these blocks sewn
into rows and eventually into a quilt top.
It will be the size of a lap quilt.
This has been FUN!
I will post images of the completed
quilt when it is done.
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
