Live a Colorful Life Quilt Diary: 2010

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97. California Flower Garden

Back in the day, I usually made a donation quilt for MCC every other year. For awhile I called this quilt "3460," as that is how many pieces were in it. The pattern name was actually A New Beginning. It is supposed to mimic a Baltimore Album quilt, which is traditionally appliqued. But I do not do applique. This quilt is entirely pieced on the machine.

And as usual Mark's cousin, Ione, did an amazing job of quilting. This quilt sold for $3700!

Again, the quilt was hung in the front, always an honor.

Title: California Flower Garden

Pattern: In the Beginning by Pam Bono

Date Completed: 2010

Quilted by: Ione Whitney

96. Goin' Dotty

In 2010 I signed up for a block of the month from Quiltin' Cousins in Pismo Beach. Each month I would get fabric that contained only fabric with dots.

About the same time, I had started collecting selvages. All kinds of selvages, but specifically those with the name "dot". It all started with a line of fabric by Michael Miller called Dumb Dot, which I thought was the funniest name for a fabric. I was hooked.

Several friends went on a shop hop along the Central Coast and at every stop I looked for any kind of fabric that had dots, and then checked out the selvage. If it contained the word "dot" I bought it. When I I sewed the quilt top together, I pieced all those "dotty" words into the setting stones--each one is different.

The one that started it all!!

Title: Goin' Dotty

Pattern: Block of the month from Quiltin' Cousins

Completed: 2010

Quilted by: Chris Schneider

Gifted to: Judy Kulekjian

95. Selvage Spiderweb mini

Selvage Spiderweb was part of a mini exchange. The administrator gave me the name of Jennifer Jenkinson, someone whose blog I had already been following, so I knew a few details about her--she loved Coca Cola, loved to read, etc. I chose selvages that reflected some of those things and it was a really fun mini to customize.

Title: Selvage Spiderweb

Pattern by: Traditional

Completed: 2010

Quilted by: Hand quilted by me

94. Dominique

I think 2010 marked the time that finally I worked a bit harder at quilt photography--still a long way to go, but things are getting a little bit better.

This quilt was for Matt and Sam Maxson, good friends who were part of the Monday Night Football group.