In scrolling through my
postings for 2019 I noticed I neglected to include this one. The American QuiltStudy Group hosts a biennial “quilt Study” which is revealed at the annual
seminar in the Fall. You can read about it and view many of the past participant’s
creations on the AQSG website (here). I participated in 2012 when the theme was
“The Colonial Revival”. That book is still available at a good price on Amazon
(here).
In 2018 the theme was “200
years of Solid Color Quilts” and my friend Laurie and I decided to give it a
shot. For the inspiration quilt we chose a fabulous early (pre-1840) wool quilt with the typical Maine shape (to accommodate the 4-poster bed) from the collection of the Maine State Museum where
Laurie is “Chief Curator of History and Decorative Arts”. Laurie had reproduced
this quilt (her first quilt in fact!) before as a part of an exhibition that my
friend Cyndi (Busy Thimble) and I had curated a few years ago. It is .
One of the requirements of
the quilt study is that the quilt be made expressly for the study and that it
not be shown in public before the reveal at seminar. So, Laurie suggested that
we create it again as a team. I made the quilt using Laurie’s quilting design
from her first project and Laurie did all the research and writing (her specialty!).
We had a lot of fun and it was fun to see it finally in print.
I think I forgot to blog
about it because I was so happy to see fellow bloggers post about their quilts –
Barb’s (Fun with Barb) was a really fun interpretation of her inspiration
quilt.
So… long story for the
giveaway… but I realized I had an extra copy and thought it would make a fun
end of year gift to one of my readers. Leave me a comment about your favorite quilting
project this year and I will pick a lucky winner on the 31st when I
post my last mini quilt for 2019.
If you are not the winner and
would like a copy, you can order this one and many of the past years as well on
Amazon (here).
How exciting! I have been machine quilting with my walking foot! Although I love hand anything, a stroke two years ago has left me without fine motor skills in my left hand, thus the machine piecing and quilting. I'm still seeing improvement every day, but at the moment am making lemonade from lemons. The book looks fabulous! How generous of you! sharon at sharon stroud dot com
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great post on the study! I ordered a copy and got one too and gifted my extra.
ReplyDeleteI talked to a couple of people at my quilt show who wanted to hear about my quilt. It was very rewarding.
I love your quilt and it is great that so many people will see it while it travels!
Your quilt is beautiful as always and you’re very generous..as always too !!
ReplyDeleteThis year, I really loved to make the Amish quilt of Lori SAL. Because I love playing with solids.
I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas Wendy. Thank you for this giveaway.
I love these reinterpretation projects. This year I branched into some more modern quilting, doing the 2019 Summer Sampler. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love solid color quilts. If the colors are right, they just sing. My favorite quilting project for the year was a hunter star quilt. Started and finished in 2019. One I can check off my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteA fabulous giveaway Wendy. I love to see reproduction and reinterpretation of early quilts, and having quilts made by blogging friends makes this book really special. I've had it in my shopping list since it came out, hopefully can order a copy soon.
ReplyDeleteOops, just remembered I was going to add a comment about favorite quilt for 2019, that would have to be the bed size basket quilt I finally finished hand quilting early in the year. It's on my bed keeping me warm this winter, the very best thing a quilt can do! There's a photo of it on the 2015 and Later Finishes page on my blog.
Deleteterrific book! gee my favorite this year would have to be the 'cabana daydreams' as it is like sitting on the sand at the ocean every time i see it...
ReplyDeleteLooks to be a wonderful book! So exciting to have a quilt of your own in it and also see quilts made by friends. I'm always so fascinated by the interpretation studies. What a fabulous opportunity! Thanks for the giveaway! My favorite quilt project for the year would have to be finishing up the 'I just want to make beautiful things even if nobody cares' quilt. So much fun getting that one done and be able to use it on my bed!:)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite project this year is Story of my life. But I love to read about quilts and their history. Especially when have little time.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing my friends quilts in print! Looks like a fun project to be involved with. I'd love a chance to win. My favorite project this year was the Abe Lincoln quilt from Barbara Brackman using brushed cottons. It is on my couch right now and it's terrific for snuggling in on cold nights!!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year!
What lovely quilts in that book! Thanks for offering a copy as a giveaway. My favorite project of 2019 was rainbow inspired Pecking Order quilt, initially for me. That was until DS1's friend fell in love with it! Thus, MY quilt became his graduation gift.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt in the book is lovely! And I'm smitten with the Maine corners! My favorite project this year was selecting the tops to take to Florida to quilt up! I chose 6; 4 for machine quilting, and 2 for hand quilting. It was so much fun going through all the tops and deciding which ones will get finished! Then I made the backs (some were already done!), bindings, and sized up the battings, and compression packed them all to fit in the car! I'm pretty excited to have these to work on until May!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very healthy and happy New Year!
Bravo Wendy!! Nice job!!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win the book.
My favorite finished project this year (note the qualifier--finished!--) was my Moda Blockheads II. I am finally happy with how it turned out!
Wishing you a wonderful new year!
xxxx
It sounds like yoy really enjoy the quilt study group. I have always admired your quilts and it is really nice to see your quilts being published! I make mostly small quilts and it is difficult to choose a favorite. Maybe the table topper that was out of my comfort zone, but I loved the finished project, or the simple little quilt I made because I bought some border fabric that I loved. Thank you for sharing the book with us. I would love to win it.
ReplyDeleteThe book would be so I interesting! Currently I am working with solids making a medallion style pineapple quilt. The center is 9 pineapple blocks, then a black border, next smallish triangles with black & assorted colors. Next border will be paper pieced hummingbird blocks, with smaller pineapple blocks for final border. I'm getting excited about quilting this, hopefully before summer!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite project was two Christmas Charity Bear fabric Quilts with matching bears. I envision the bears and bear quilts cuddling on Christmas morning for two special children.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite project this year is a Lucy Boston made with Kaffe and Tula brights. It's totally out of my usual fabric range. It all started at the Maine Quilts show at a vendor booth! I'm busy sewing the blocks together now and starting to think about quilting.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite project this year was Selvage Strips. What fun it was to finally use all those strips I'd been saving. Not to mention the envelope full of selvages that you shared with me. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway featuring three of my blogging friends' quilts :)
ReplyDeleteOh, what fun to see three blogger friends in this book! I would love to win your extra. I have a couple of the books from other years.
ReplyDeleteA favorite project this year? Though not finished, getting all of my rows made for the Circa 1880 quilt was huge for me. Now if I could just get them sewn together and quilt the thing! :)
You are always doing the most creative quilt projects. How wonderful to have shared the joy of making a quilt with a friend and to have it published.
ReplyDeleteHappiest of New Year's to you, Wendy Reed Caton (Canton)!
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very happy day of my life with the help Dr Larry has rendered to me by helping me to get my divorce husband back with his magic power and love spell. i was married for 8 years and it was so terrible because my husband was really cheating on me, and was seeking for a divorce but when i came across Dr Larry email on the internet on how he help so many people to get their ex back and help fixing relationship and make people to be happy in their relationship. i explained my situation to him and then seek his help but to my greatest surprise he told me that he will help me with my case and here i am now celebrating because my Husband has change totally for good he started begging me to forgive him that he is very sorry for everything, i was really surprised and was also happy, so that was how i forgive him and now we are living together happily than ever before and He always want to be by me and can not do anything without my present. i am really happy with my marriage, what a great celebration. thank you to Dr Larry who helped me a lot, if you need his help you can contact him through email assurancesolutionhome@gmail com Website http://assurancesolutionhome.website2.me/ call or WhatsApp +2348102316854
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