Shopping and Quilts

Life …

Mother, June, Coleen and I traveled to PA to meet Polly and go shopping together. We stopped at thrift stores along the way in Hagerstown, MD. 

Later we drove past this building and were disappointed that the One Room School was closed.

… as a Quilter

Polly finished her quilt that she started in February at our sewing retreat, for her granddaughter Summer Breeze. It turned out so beautiful, along with the Pooh pillow. What a special quilt for a special girl.

The strip of chevrons on the back were pieces left over from the front.

Polly also showed me her Metro Medallion quilt that still needs more work. She is doing a marvelous job with the machine quilting, just like Jenny at Sew Kind of Wonderful.

And did you see those bolts of fabric in Polly’s van? She’s going to share them with us!

Coleen and I spied this quilt at the Shenandoah’s Farmer’s Market in Harrisonburg, VA. It was made by my sister-in-law Cheryl from a kit. Beautiful, just beautiful!

Celtic Solstice Quilt

I feel like I am lagging behind and being left set in the dust. I really wanted to join Bonnie Hunter’s Mystery Quilt, Celtic Solstice but felt like I had other quilts that need finishing, like my Orca Bay that only lacks the border. My sister Polly and some of her friends and a few of my Possum Town Quilter friends are joining in and I hated to be left out. Do you call it “peer pressure?” So, here I am just now choosing my fabric.

I know this is a mystery and none of us know how it’s going to turn out, but given the clues that we have; do you think this color palette will work? This is how I’m figuring my color changes.

Neutrals = White with a little Black

Yellow/Gold = Light/Medium Celery Green

Orange = Dark Purple/Violet

Green = Light Lavender/Violet

Blue = Black

Will it work????