Live a Colorful Life Quilt Diary: 2013

110. Marcelle Goes to the Circus

This quilt is definitely in the top five of quilts I have ever made. By this time, I not only had an extensive stash of Kona solids, I had quite a stash of shot cottons (a solid fabric where the warp and weft are each a different color, which can give a luminous or iridescent quality to the fabric). I used Kaffe Fassett shot cottons in my Farmer's Wife quilt (not completed until 2015) and I also had what would become my favorite fabric of all time to work with--Oakshott cottons from the UK.

The pattern was called Marcelle Medallion, and for this quilt I gave myself some parameters to work with. After each pieced section, the next border needed to be a stripe by Kaffe Fassett and the cornerstone had to be one of his polka dot fabrics.

This was quilted by the amazing Krista Withers.

When it was completed, I gave it to my daughter-in-law, Christa, one day when I found out she was going to the local pumpkin patch. I asked her to take some "location" shots. And thus began my love of quilt photography "in the wild."

Photos by Christa Wiens:

Title: Marcelle Goes to the Circus

Pattern by: Alexia Abegg

Completed: 2013

Size: 64" x 64"

Quilted by: Krista Withers

109. Neon Ninja Star

Neon Ninja Star began as part of a block exchange among blogging friends. We each were in charge of a month. When it was our turn, we told the other members what kind of block we wanted and the fabric, and each of them made "our" block and sent it to us.

Notice that I used the same border as that of Colorbox--it's such a great border.

The block was based on booth upholstery fabric I noticed one time when Mark and I were eating at Chick-fil-A.

Lindsay Conner was one of my bee mates. She suggested submitting a book proposal. And here is the result.

Lindsay did a wonderful job with this book. Whether you have wondered what bees are all about, would like to organize a bee, or just want to be a better bee member, the information is in this book.

I'm so happy to have been included in this group, and my quilt even made the cover--the second one from the bottom--it's called Neon Ninja Stars.

I might like the back nearly as much as the front.

Title: Neon Ninja Star

Pattern by: Me

Date Completed: 2013

Quilted by: Dea Oskerson

108. Peace Around the Color Wheel (mini)

My good friend, Rene' Martinez, has designed a couple of quilts. I made a small version of her pattern, Peace, and named it Peace Around the Color Wheel, my second rainbow quilt.