"The Rules" Quilt for Helen
This quilt was made for my friend Helen. We became friends as Swap Mamas of the Doll Quilt Swap and decided to do a private swap. Helen lives in Australia, and I am over ten thousand miles away in the northeastern USA.Helen had said she liked my wonky letters, so I chose this quote from Katharine Hepburn. The letters are based on Tonya's free-pieced alphabet. Helen asked for red and orange and yellow, so I went through my stash and had a lot of fun. If you look closely at the dot of the exclamation point, you can see Helen herself!
The letters are about 4" tall. The entire quilt is about 30" x 33". Helen loves her quilt!
You can see more about making this quilt here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
See more quilts at Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2010 here!
I Love it! The colours are gorgeous and the quilting is stunning! It really makes the letters POP! :)
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is even better in real life! I am so lucky to look at it every day!!! Thanks Lynne.
ReplyDeleteI can hear you! And I totally agree ; )
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt, so colorful and meaningful. Great gift!!!
It's really fun to see a quilt that makes you laugh out loud! Very cheery and fun!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! I've been standing in the back of your work room (even though you keep moving furniture) watching as this work of art (no, I mean "Work of Lynne") evolved before my eyes. Your creative process is something to behold; I am totally in awe of how beautifully this quilt turned out!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful job Lynne. You are a master of your craft.
Susan
That is fun !
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the best friends are made in the swaps.......I need to try one !
What a fun looking quilt.
ReplyDeleteKatharine Hepburn came up with some wonderful useable quotes :)
wow, what a fun quilt!! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteCute!!!
ReplyDeleteI can see why she loves her quilt - this is amazing! LOVE it!
ReplyDeletethis is so fun....looks like a lot of hard work
ReplyDeletelove the quilt - and AMEN to the saying!
ReplyDeleteI gotta try some of those letters!
thanks for sharing
Beth in Dallas
Fantastic quilt!!! Love the saying and your free form letters.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute quilt! Love the colors, love the fabrics, love the quote! Good job!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt! It makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteLove it, live by it! This is just too fun!
ReplyDeleteAwesome quilt and I love the quote!
ReplyDeleteGreat work.
Great quilt! I love it!
ReplyDeleteA quilt with a sense of humor! This is great! Love the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute. What a great quilt.
ReplyDeleteso cute and so so true!!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love it!!
ReplyDeleteI love it, it is a really fun quilt.
ReplyDeleteWhat a FUN quilt! I bet I would like YOU too!
ReplyDelete~MaggieB
Words to live by! Love it!
ReplyDeletecool quilt--fun, fun, fun!! thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt-especially the exclamation point. Thanks for sharing it.
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(1890 cheddar orange star and repro)
Awesome! Love the quilting.
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