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Vicki's Tree Skirt- Pattern found here.

Anne Francis Quilt exhibited at the NYC Quilt Symposium 2013

‘Race for the Moon’ by Susan Musgrove (Australia)

‘Seaspray’ by Valerie Maser-Flanagan

Amalfi Coast Quilt by Theresa Neubauer

Lamenting Lavender

For about five years now I have had some beautiful lavender out in my front walkway.  I wish I had taken more pictures of it. Sigh.

The lavender during a hail storm.

This past winter, this frigid, subzero, freezing winter, killed my lavender (and my 10 year old sage plant).  I have harvested lavender from my yard for a couple years now.  I use it to make sashes, bath salt mixes, decorate and freshen my bathroom and have even used it for cooking.

Instead of crying over spilt milk, or rather dead lavender, I bought some new plants last night.  They won't be as glorius as they were last year, but I will have lavender.

My Mother was/is such a great gardener.  Her backyard looked like a park, many beautiful flowers and beautiful layout.  She had a vegetable garden as well but my Mom loved her flowers.  She still does but doesn't necessarily have the strength anymore to tend to her garden.  The flowers have mostly been replace by hastas.

Now, me, on the other hand.  I love to draw flowers, they are quilted into my quilts.  I doodle them all the time. But as for my yard, I am a practical gardener.  So, most of the plants around here have some type of usefulness- quince, herbs, mint, lemon balm, raspberries, blueberries, aloe... and lavender.  It was my two fold experience.  Beautiful flower with all kinds of usefulness- even if it was just to smell and keep the bees happy at the very least.

A view of my front walkway from my window.

Patricia's Quilt Show 2011; a sampling

Today I just had to go to a quilt show on the other side of town. The store, Patricia's puts on the quilt show at the Piano Works Mall. I have never been to it before but after taking a fewc lasses there and hearing about it, I had to check it out.

I picked up my daughter from her class and begged her, well bribed her. I told her if she did not whine and complain, I would be her a frosty from Wendy's. She complied and so did I.

This bear paw/bear claw was by a woman I met in my Cathedral Window class.  I love the array of colors she chose and how they all went together so nicely.

I loved the flow of this and all the beautiful batiks.

This one was very neat.  The picture does not d oit justice but really none of the pictures do the quilts justice.  This one wasn't so much the piecing that made you wow but rather the quilting.  All the roosters in various angles quilted in the blocks.  Check the following picture for more detail.

A very vibrant sampler.  I am totally drawn to colors like these.

Love these stars and the Christmas motif.  There are little snowmen int he blocks.

Love the blues in this pinwheel type quilt.  A very relaxing color to cuddle under, don't yah think?

I love the mix of brown and blue in this.  I like the pattern as well.

I love the design of a compass rose, always have.  Its one block I would love to learn how to make.

This is a Dahlia quilt, taught by an instructor, Suzzy Payne.  I have already taken her sampler class.  She also has a book written about how to make this quilt. She has a knack for simplifying quilts for you.

Loved the way this one was pieced.  Very smart! 

Here is a little closer look.

Here is a little close up of the bread.

I really think this one is beautiful.

There were many more quilts there.  I just took some shots of a few that really caught me.