Kathyl posted about our fun visit yesterday. I usually don't allow too many people to see my studio but not too many of my RCTQ friends have visited so close to my home. Thought if she made the drive she could see the stash. Yes, she is right about the 125 quilts. I think I have posted a little about this project in the past. Once the project is finished and I have good pictures I will tell you more. Since I am home taking care of my mother this year I thought it was time to finish many of those UFO's and partially finished step by step block illustrations left from 25 years of teaching quilting.
We attended a small quilt show in Batavia about 15 miles southwest of my home. I had several quilts entered. The show coordinator just called to tell me that my Civil War Love Letters quilt won Viewer's Choice Best of Show! Kathyl and I didn't even vote! This quilt is made from a book by Rosemary Youngs. Each of the 121 quilt blocks is accompanied by an actual love letter written by or to a Civil War Soldier. It is similar to her "Civil War Diaries" book published several years ago. The books have drawings of the blocks but do not include any patterns. A CD with the patterns for each book is available for purchase from Rosemary directly. You must have EQ5 or EQ6 to use the CD. As with any EQ pattern you can print either templates or foundation patterns. I used foundation method for almost all blocks. Sorry I don't have a picture of my quilt posted but you could find pictures of similar quilts through a Google search.
Now I must go wash my hair and try to spiff myself up. They want to take my photograph with the quilt for the local newspaper. I was planning on sending my husband to pick-up the quilts. Guess there won't be any sewing time this afternoon.
Susan