Cobblestones Quilt Goes Home!

I brought Deb the Cobblestones quilt, and she was really really happy. She wrote me the loveliest thank you note. She said, "It's absolutely stunning, and I am in awe of the love and effort you put into creating it. The colors and patterns are so perfect, and I can feel the warmth of your thoughtfulness in it. It's so me!"

She loved the book with the story of the quilt and said she would leave it out on a side table in the room so everyone who came over would be able to read it. 

It made my day. When I left, I said, "Thank you," and she said, "No, Lynne, Thank YOU." 

But I am pretty sure quilters know the feeling. It's wonderful to leave a quilt with a person who truly appreciates it.

 

The Next Quilt

This is my cousin M. I spent Thanksgiving with his family. Had a great day. As I was looking around, I noticed his family room needed a quilt. When I got home that night, I went right into the studio and went through my books to figure out what kind of quilt it should be. I wanted something relatively simple.

In the end I settled on Kathy Doughty's Fractured quilt. It's a variation on a rail fence quilt. I started pulling fabrics. M's house is relatively neutral, so I wanted earth colors - blues, greens, browns and an occasional purple. These are the ones I chose.

On Black Friday I went into the studio and cut the strips into segments and then made the first blocks. This is the row that goes down the center. The quilt is ginormous - as designed it is 84" x 96". That's seven feet by eight feet - which is stupid big. I'll make mine smaller.