Quilt-achusetts

My Urban Trek quilt made it back home today!  As promised here are some  additional photographs of the quilt. Urban Trek Quilt When I designed this quilt I didn't have a specific theme in mind and honestly naming my quilts is very difficult for me.  I'd liked to say there is a deep meaning to each quilt that shares a bit of who I am but I can't say that beyond I love quilts.  More than anything I want the quilt's name to describe the inspiration behind the design or sum up a theme in a few short words.  As said before I didn't have a theme for this quilt when I designed it.  It wasn't until I'd pieced the top that I began to see the urban city sights theme emerge, hence the name Urban Trek. Urban Trek Quilt I began to see stop lights, man hole covers, cross walks and sky scrapers.  That's when I chose the quilting design to reflect that same textures of the city. Urban Trek Quilt It's kind of ironic that I would be drawn such u...

I wasn't entirely truthful in my last post about my five favorite finishes in 2016 .  I had to leave out my absolute favorite finish of 2016 because it is in the newest, now available , issue of Modern Patchwork Magazine (squeal)! Modern Patchwork Magazine Mar/Apr 2017 Back in October I submitted my Urban Trek quilt design and about a week later it was booked and I was given a 17 day deadline to make the quilt and write the pattern!  The following day my quilt Optics was reject by the same magazine, whew, and the very very understanding people at Modern Patchwork gave me an extra week to finish.  Here's the crazy part, I had it done by the original November 4th deadline.  I really didn't think I could do that. Unfortunately, in the whirlwind I didn't get any good finished quilt pictures but this is what it looked like the morning before I packed it for shipping.  As soon as I have it back I'll get a better picture posted but the best pics will be in ...