The view from the bottom of the stairs

Oh that's lovely John. I really love the ordered versions of you half-square triangle quilts. The asymmetry of this is unexpected and magical.

(I dread to think of all that is in my 'to be done' dressmaking drawer!) . In message , John writes

Oh my, John! That's beautiful! It look spectacular there. :) Did they have it curtained off and then "unveil" it?

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The Show is in October so I had to get it ready for that. In the mean time, It is hanging in the space which it was designed for. I tried to make an abstract design of a stairway and I think it came out fine. I purposefully refrained from making it a true stair-step of equal dimensions and went for something a bit abstract, or as Patti said, "Asymmetrical". I plan to make a PVC stand that will show it off as it hangs from the top rail. It will break down for easy transportation and storage when I am not using it. I am getting really tired of doing these things. It takes more mental energy to get up the steam to do one. Fortunately, the stash is reduced to the point that there might not be another quilt lurking in there. Then Again, I am afraid to look to deeply in that drqwer. I might be shocked.

John

John

It's beautiful! I was just going to ask about you this morning, see if you were coming up for air and all that, and there you were.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Wow! That is one gorgeous quilt, John! I hope my quilt envy isn't showing. :-)

That is wonderful! You have amazing patience and tenacity! I need to do smaller projects as I get bored easily and would never finish. I have been quilting since 1990 and have never made a bed-size quilt. Debra in Idaho

I'm just the opposite. I love the long involved projects, and concider the small ones not challenging enough. Although, I did enjoy making some place mats and pot holders out of left overs recently. I don't have much wall space for small projects to show off as they are already taken with other Artwork. I am going to do three more large Quilt/Wallhanging for the same stairway that this quilt is shown on. They will all be over 6' Square, as that amount of space is available for the taking. When they are done and installed, we will either have to move or I will have to start doing something else as there won't be any more space for large quilts inless I paper the garage with them. Hmmm! Car themed quilts. there may be something there; or not.

John

Wow -outstanding! Roberta in D

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Wow! This is yet another stunning quilt made from bits of your QfH. Congrats on another stunning project!

- dlm. in central MA

Hi John,

WOW!! I am gobsmacked!! THAT is just awesome!!

If yas needs a place ta hang large quilts, I can offer me very own walls.>G<

Nana

Wow, that's really nice, John, and really HUGE! Here is the quilt that is made as a wall hanging for the Fredericktown

Quilting is all stitch in the ditch machine quilting. The landing that turns into the second floor is just below the quilt so a 6 foot step ladder handled the hanging. I used closet pole brackets on each opposing wall and then cut a decorative window curtain pole to length, and there you go.

John

If you only knew the half of it. When I first started this type of quilt I had envisioned making one of them. I blithely started cutting triangles and sewing them together. I didn't count them and just trusted that I would have "enough" to finish the one and only quilt that I was planing. Well time passed and I sewed merrily away until I had a large storage drawer of various color combinations and started to quilt. They are 1-1/2" square so I figured I needed a lot of them. I didn't measure and count out an approximate number to fill in the size of the intended quilt. I figured that I would eventually use the extra squares as time went by. Well, as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. This is the 4th quilt of that approximate size and one of them is larger at 4' x 8' and I think I still have enough for one more. I will be so glad to get rid of this project. Never again will I start a project without a modicum of idea of the amount that I will need. Ah well, I was young and inexperienced. Well younger by about a year. So you see, wisdom does not necessarily come with age.

John