Little Red and White Quilt (Flowering Almond)

Hello Again,

The top photo features my 150 4-patch blocks for my Blueberry Patch. This is Step 1 finished and hopefully Step 2 will be revealed on Monday

Wow - am I ever having problems with this new printer - however, I am getting there, SLOWLY but surely!

Thought I would tell you about what is perhaps the favourite quilt I have made.

The above was my own design after seeing a photo taken at the Michigan University Museum. I think the original would have been made in the 1840's - that is when the red and green quilts became very popular.

It features my two loves in quilting, applique and hand-quilting. This quilt was made in 2002 while I was living in Carseldine, Brisbane. In those days I had a lot more time to concentrate on applique, and I keep saying to myself I must applique again soon. I still do quite a bit of hand-quilting and find it very therapeutic - just lovely to go off into one's own little world! I was very fortunate to win blue ribbons in both Queensland's and Western Australia's exhibitions with this quilt.

Oh, oh - now I have lost my signature. Oh, well, a little more progress today with Julia's help once again.

'Bye for now - Lurline.