My all-time favorite quilt block is Dove in the Window. (My all-time favorite quilt block that I'll actually make... Log Cabin.)
Dove in the Window is a difficult pattern to find... and a difficult pattern to make. So, imagine my delight when my dear friend Chrissy offered to tackle the beast to make a fabric-matching quilt for Julia (she completed one for Raven the day Raven was born... oh, yeah!). She set out on the adventure and I will say, this quilt was definitely about the journey and the destination.
Imagine my further delight when this quilt showed up at my front door earlier this week delivered by Linda Schminke of Quilting Corner here in Pella. Chrissy had sent the quilt top with me so that I could take it to Linda to discuss the quilting in it (beautiful!) and Linda and Chrissy took care of the rest (transaction-wise). Chrissy and I discussed briefly the possibility of this quilt being done in time for the Tulip Time Quilt Show, but if she is anything like me, I know she is a busy woman (even more so than me, I think!), and I wasn't expecting to see the quilt finished. So, it was such a fun surprise to see Linda with a finished quilt -- bound and everything! And... done a full week before it was even needed for the show! Thank you to Linda for binding the quilt...
... and of course, MANY THANKS to my darling friend Chrissy for being willing to attempt this beauty... it was difficult, but oh so gorgeous in the end! I love the quilt... and obviously Julia does too! (She couldn't get enough of rolling around on it and saying, "Ooooh! Pretty!") Thank you, Chrissy!
love,
Dove in the Window is a difficult pattern to find... and a difficult pattern to make. So, imagine my delight when my dear friend Chrissy offered to tackle the beast to make a fabric-matching quilt for Julia (she completed one for Raven the day Raven was born... oh, yeah!). She set out on the adventure and I will say, this quilt was definitely about the journey and the destination.
Imagine my further delight when this quilt showed up at my front door earlier this week delivered by Linda Schminke of Quilting Corner here in Pella. Chrissy had sent the quilt top with me so that I could take it to Linda to discuss the quilting in it (beautiful!) and Linda and Chrissy took care of the rest (transaction-wise). Chrissy and I discussed briefly the possibility of this quilt being done in time for the Tulip Time Quilt Show, but if she is anything like me, I know she is a busy woman (even more so than me, I think!), and I wasn't expecting to see the quilt finished. So, it was such a fun surprise to see Linda with a finished quilt -- bound and everything! And... done a full week before it was even needed for the show! Thank you to Linda for binding the quilt...
... and of course, MANY THANKS to my darling friend Chrissy for being willing to attempt this beauty... it was difficult, but oh so gorgeous in the end! I love the quilt... and obviously Julia does too! (She couldn't get enough of rolling around on it and saying, "Ooooh! Pretty!") Thank you, Chrissy!
love,
erin
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