133. Minnesota Hot Dish

 My cousin, Cathy, and I are both California girls. We each went to Tabor College in Kansas, and each met and married Minnesota boys. We currently live about 30 minutes from each other.

 Over a decade ago, Terry and Cathy found some land on the Crow River in northern Minnesota and started to build a cabin. Log by log. Seriously. After a few years they built a garage and that was where they lived while they spent weeks in the summer building. And building. And building.

We visited one summer and stayed in their garage, their home while building the cabin. Wood paneling in a garage is really very lovely. And it was a great place to stay.

I showered in the three-sided outdoor shower. Along with the mosquitos. But it had hot water and the view was wonderful.

We used the outhouse.

We were amazed at the beauty and potential of this not-quite-completed log home.

Two summers later I stayed with them for a couple of nights. There still wasn't indoor plumbing. But we had wifi. This is where I was when we heard William and Kate's new royal baby had been born.

I knew I had to make a quilt for this cabin. It is from a Minnesota designer, Terry Atkinson, and the name of the pattern is Minnesota Hot Dish. Every year there is a big shop hop in Minnesota and line of fabric is designed just for the shop hop. 

And every summer I attend a quilt retreat. Up until 2021, they were in St. Cloud Minnesota, so it seemed fitting that I make the quilt top at a retreat in Minnesota. 

 It was beautifully machine quilted by Darby Myers.

 

She used a design that gives me the feeling of a lazy canoe ride down the river on a warm summer day.

The backing fabric has some Minnesota landmarks--including the iconic spoonbridge and cherry at the Sculpture Garden. See it there kind of in the center?

Title: Minnesota Hot Dish
Designed by: Terry Atkinson
Made by: Me

Quilted by: Darby Myers