For those of you that follow along on my blog I have finished Baltimore Garden and photos will be posted when I get it hung. I still need to attach a sleeve but I am waiting for the hang it dang it to arrive. So this week I did pull out the trailing vines panel that I prepped several weeks ago. It's fall afterall and the north wind came down this week and cooled us off here in north Texas. It sure feels good and although we don't have much fall color down here with our live oaks I did plant a Natchez crepe myrtle that is showing some burgundy color and there is also plenty of color as I add each leaf to the prepped vine on my version of Trailing Vines. A quilt first made by Susan McCord. Here is a
link to some info about the quilt. I love how they described the quilting 9-10 stitches per inch, outline or self quilting. That tells me she just enjoyed her stitching and didn't get hung up about perfection. She made some remarkable quilts out of tiny pieces of scraps. I am including pics of a couple of photos I found on line. She really was talented don't you think?
Wow! It always amazes me what can be done with little bits of scraps. True artists at work both Susan and yourself. Enjoy the cooler weather and your stitching Carla.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I have been wondering how many leaves can my big bag of bits make? Not sure I will ever know
DeleteFrom scraps Quilts grow!
ReplyDeleteYes a bit like perpetual motion or which came first the chicken or the egg? LOL
DeleteNever heard of a Natchez Crepe Myrtle but seeing the pictures online I think I'll have to see if they will grow in my area of Southern Ontario!
ReplyDeleteNot sure they grow that far north, but they are one of the few things that bloom and survive our hot dry summers.
DeleteDid you know Windham fabrics is coming out with a fabric line called Vines? It comes out in November with a big cheater panel that looks exactly like Trailing vines. We could have saved ourselves all the trouble (fun) of appliqueing all of those leaves!! LOL!! For about 2 seconds I thought about buying some for backing. I will have to order some - just to see it in person :0)
ReplyDeleteI have seen Susan McCord quilts previously and they are beautiful. I like your version of the vine.
ReplyDeleteThanks, yes she sure had tenacity!
DeleteIncredible! Great inspiration to all of us scrappy quilters.:)
ReplyDeleteShe sure is!
DeleteWow! Thanks for sharing these pictures; I didn't know Susan McCord but her quilts are so inspiring.
ReplyDeleteYes to think she was making these over a hundred years ago amazes me!
DeleteSo you have been able to get back to it ! Yay:)
ReplyDeleteYes I am so glad I am back to this one. Not as much progress this week as I want but life has a tendency to get in the way. Rain and more cool weather tomorrow, sounds like a great day to devote mostly to stitching.
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