thought some may like to see the latest quilt top

[barnbum]

I know Gini will...and some others....

I collected fabrics for this top for months--all CW repro pieces. My husband is a CW fanatic--he knows everything about that time period, so when I mentioned the possibility of having a CW quilt--he was all ears. He picked the pattern from several I found on-line, and I picked the fabrics (I tried to keep it manly--no pink and no flowery pieces. There is a pink stripe on the back--but with brown and maroon.) We're taking it to the quilters next Saturday so he can see quilting pattern and thread color options. (I actually think he'd be perfectly happy letting me make those decisions--but I thought he should be there.

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The top took two hours to lay out the way I wanted it. Kennedy was here to help the first hour.

The back:

 

[Amoreminiatures]

Very Beautiful Quilt ~ The TIME & EFFORT Shows

Quilts are very special items and come with alot of special meaning in them ~ it's kinda nice for us as we will be living right by the National Quilt Museum area in Paducah Kentucky. WOW the town is taken over from ALL over the world when the quilters come to town

and it is BEAUTIFUL to go and see ALL the quilts and stuff ~

Wish I had the ability to do it.. I have a deep appericiation for them.

Again Your Quilt is Beautiful

Janice Silvio

Amore' Miniatures

 

[Reble]

Hello Karla,

first that is Beautiful, and so glad to see you sharing this with us.

Did you get a chance to see Olivia on the Photo Gallery, she sure is growing.

Someday you will have these precious little children to fuss with... and make them one of

your gorgeous quilts. I will be looking forward to seeing them. How are your children doing?

take care drop me a line...

mary

 

[jacks'thunder]

Carla!! It's wonderful!! You always inspire me! I remember when you showed us all your patterns you had picked out for this! It's beautiful, you do amazing work!

Leya

 

[Sonya]

That is beautiful!

 

[Charley]

Thanks for sharing. It is beautiful!

 

[Marsha Cassada]

Gorgeous. You are an artist.

 

[uwharrie]

Beautiful!!

 

[Shari]

I love your Quilts Karla!! And this one is stunning!!

 

[Valerie]

Oh my gosh Karla......

You have done it again.......... this is one of my favorites you have done.....I love, love, love the pattern & the colors are extraordinary. How lovely & thoughtful you are letting hubby help pick the design & quilting for it..... it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

Valerie

 

[REO]

Oh Karla! It's PERFECT!

You balanced out the colors & patterns perfectly! This quilt is one of my favorites!

 

[Gini]

Karla

It is beautiful!!! I can hardly wait to see what he picks out for the quilting....

I have 7 that I will be sending you pictures of. I'm corraling DH and my Son tomorrow to hold them up long enough for me to photograph. By the way the Tin Lizzie is doing wonderfully after I learned how to use it. LOL You know operator error here...

 

[Connie P]

Absolutely Gorgeous! I LOVE quilts and handmade things. Thanks for sharing. You did a beautiful job!

 

[barnbum]

Thanks everyone.

I've asked Mark for 10 years if he'd like me to make him a snuggly ragged flannel, but he always said there were plenty of blankets around, so he didn't need one.

It was fun to finally find something that made him warm up to having a quilt.

Gini, I asked on the QF about quilting on CW quilts, and they say the quilting went from very fancy to very simple. This one seems to call for simple. One woman mentioned "crosshatch" which I guess is small squares on a diagonal, but after two lines, there's a space before the next two lines? I'm not sure. I hope my quilter knows. Maybe you could ask around your quilter friends? I'd like to take a pattern to the quilter, just in case she's not familiar with the term. I'll be hunting for more info on-line.

Wait till you see the next one--a Black and White Splash.

After that will be a floral log cabin... and then my first Triple Irish Chain. Not enough time!!

GINI--you must post your quilts on the QF!!!

 

[whitney]

Just BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[Amy]

Stunning . I am a quilt fanatic as well - just waiting on a quilt kit to arrive any day. When I was young, my grandmother always ahd a quilt on the go & the "quilting bees" were a real tradition.

it is beautiful & the color seleciton beautiful.

 

[iluvwalkers]

[SIZE=12pt]Very beautiful Karla! [/SIZE]