We made it into the local paper. I'm on the right. Abominable picture of me, but the girls forced me to sit down and pretend like I was quilting. I'm talking. I can't just sit there with my mouth shut. I'm always eating or talking in every picture.
Anyhooo, here I am!!
Cindy
Wow! Another celebrity. Thanks for sharing Cindy.
When they refer to the quilt as a donation quilt, does that mean you sell tickets and draw for the winner or does it mean it will be donated to a local organization?
We sell chances on our donation quilt. It will be given to the lucky ticket holder at our quilt show over Labor Day.
We have weird (no kidding, right?) laws in Kansas that prohibit games of chance. Therefore, we aren't supposed to sell chances, we give you a ticket in exchange for a donation.
We call the quilts we give away to charity our "Community Quilts".
Cindy
Louisiana is the same way--Our Quilt Show has a "Donation Quilt"--Can't gamble but can give you a ticket for a donation.
Whoo hoo! You gals are stars! Looks like you had a great day! And I love the quilt you were working on.
Alice "Do what you like, like what you do"
Thank you, Alice, it's going to be a beautiful quilt. I'll post a full picture when it gets done.
Someone donated it to us. It came to us with those beautiful vintage Dresden plates appliquéd onto a white cotton sheet. It was backed with another crappy white cotton sheet. Someone had started to quilt it with nice, fluffy hi-loft batt.
Dreadful!
We ripped the plates off and re-appliquéd them onto squares of tea dyed muslin. We also used the same muslin for the backing. Either cotton or wool batt, I'm not sure. The border is spectacular. It's a peculiar red fabric in the old fashioned ice-cream cone shapes. It looks so good with the tan muslin.
I really really hope I win it.
Cindy
You look fine ... you look lively and friendly. I like that quilt too. PAT
Love the photo. My G-Grandma made a Dresden Plate exactly that way, all appliqued to a single sheet, fortunately off-white. So how do you get more than one ticket for the drawing? Make several donations? Roberta in D
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WOW!! i looove it!! can i get a ticket? i'm glad you changed the b/ ground to tea-dyed. it makes it look antique without being old. very nice!! and you girls look great!!
amy in CNY
Yup! A buck apiece or 5 for $5.
Cindy
Wait till you see the border on this thing. Beautiful!
Cindy
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