When I started working in Quilter's Paradise quilt store in 2005, I became familiar with fabric by Anna Maria Horner. By the time I began working there, her second line, Chocolate Lollipop, hit the shop and I was hooked. I loved her lush florals and bold colors. I began collecting. And collecting. And collecting.
But like the paint-by-number bird fabric, I was never quite sure what to do with it. In 2024, we started contemplating downsizing and I knew it was time to use it up. My friend, Diane Stanley, posted a photo of a quilt she had made with AMH fabric with a simple hourglass block. Bingo!
2024 was a year when I decided to not only make quilts to use up fabric, but to make them for specific people in my life. We have six nieces on Mark's side, so I thought it would be fun to make a quilt for each of them using this fabric--they would be the same, and also slightly different from each other. Hence, the name.
And the backs--I was able to use a lot of fabric!
When we were in Duluth, MN, in August 2024, I had one of the quilts along and photographed it at our hotel.
Rose sent me this photo of the quilt on her bed.
This was a project that warmed my heart and I can't think of better use of this beautiful fabric.
Quilt Name(s): The Same but Different
Quilt Pattern: Traditional hourglass block
Made by: Cindy Wiens
Quilted by: Darby Myers
Completed 2024
Size: 60" x 72"
Gifted to: Debbie Tanaka, Becky Luedtke, Christina Wiens, Michelle Ginther, Jessica Wiens, Rose Linville
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