The Best of the Swamp

Well. That baffles me. I very carefully copied the place for you to go to see the quilt in Louise's '2008 Quilts'. When I tested it, all I get is a blast of just blinding commercials. Somebody please help me. Polly

might work better. :)off to check it out now.sounds delightful and i'll betcha there is little pizza and beer spilled on the quilt made by his favourite grandma. :) hmmm, which album is it in? which quilt? i'll find it eventually, lol. j.

"Polly Esther"wrote...

oh my, Polly, you did a fantastic job of that. i love the use of plaids, they scare me to sew with tho. the quilting too is excellent. the arcs soften all those lines just the right amount. nope, not a scrap of pizza or beer will land on that treasure. he'll need to keep it clean to wrap up in when the work at uni 'attempts' to get the better of him. all that grandmas love will see him thru the tough years at uni. what a lucky boy he is to have you for his grandma. j.

"Polly Esther" wrote...

I like it! The fabric, the quilt, and the quilting are awesome!

Donna in (SW) Idaho

I love the colors and the backing! Great choices. The quilting is beautiful! Hey, Louise, is there a list I can get on???? ;>)

Okay, 3rd time's the charm. You can see the plaid quilt at

in the folder named 2008 Quilts. Yes, I was missing the 'dot' between community and webshots. I have no idea how Louise managed to tame the stretchy homespun squares into curves and arcs. She says she's heard of quilts with D-cups and 17" variances and that mine was easy. I suspect she's just being kind. Polly

Here you go Polly-love

Well. That baffles me. I very carefully copied the place for you to go to

Oh that is just awesome, and very wonderful! Dancing in the moonlight for bof of ya!!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

GORGEOUS!!! although I must admit --- most of us in my Michigan neighborhood have a soft spot for anything maize and blue !!!

The quilting is lovely -- and really complements the lines and angles of the piecing.

You done good girl!!!! I'm sure your grandson will LOVE it!

That's wonderful Polly AND Louise! I love that we get to see one of Polly's quilts. What a great idea to check the site to see who is a longarmer. Louise, that's a great pattern for quilting. Fantabulous! :-)

Polly, that's just lovely. Just shows us what we are missing by not seeing more of your quilts >g< Louise that is some lovely quilting. I really like the little squiggly infills where the circles intersect - so clever. The combination is bright and happy and 'in-tune' with itself (well, I know what I mean!) Thanks both of you - lovely to see. . In message , Polly Esther writes

DDIL said she couldn't believe I was trusting the plaid quilt to a stranger. Louise is not a stranger, she's just somebody I've never seen. It is such a joy to have good, good friends here at rctq. The hardest part of Matt's quilt was cutting the pieces off grain. My dressmaker habits are difficult to put aside and I really had to focus to avoid true and straight. I wanted a soft sort of homey look for the quilt. Tilting the lines and Louise's curves did the deed. How in the world am I going to do the binding when I can't stop fondling the quilt? Polly

"Patti" Polly, that's just lovely. Just shows us what we are missing by not

Hoooo-eeeeee, is right, Polly! Louise did a gorgeous job on your gorgeous top -- resulting in a gorgeous quilt. It's wonderful finally to be able to see one of your quilts -- and it definitely lives up to the imagination! :)

Polly, you're so right. We're not strangers - just sort of invisible friends! I can honestly say I feel like I know some of the people on this group better than people I work with every day - and I like ya'll better, too!

Thanks to everyone for their kind words about the quilting. It was such a fun project to work on, and I'm glad it turned out like it did and that Polly liked it. And isn't it great to finally get to see a picture of one of Polly's quilts? Now that I've seen one, we're going to have to convince her to get a camera so we can see more!

Wow, the colors look great and the quilting design looks even better! Definitely a quilt that's not only easy on the eyes but also enough to keep you looking at it!

I love that Polly. The quilting is indeed great too!