Scrappy Happy Strip Quilt Completed!

I started this strip quilt last October, at the retreat in Cascade.  I made it a specific size just for me.  I needed a quilt with a flannel back, but a scrappy top to encourage sweet dreams.  I wanted it big enough to cover just me and not lots of extra on the sides, but long enough to cover my feet and my shoulders.  Sometimes I like to sleep in my recliner, because of my back problems.  This quilt is perfect, except now that it is finished the weather is too warm to use it.  It will be perfect next fall/winter.

It has scraps from my friends Annita, Elverta, Betty Ray, Teresa, and my mother.  In addition, I have included bits for memories of my friends Hope, Caryl, and Leni.  Besides my "Zinnia portrait" (in the top row), I have Zinnia portraits of Hope and Caryl.  The blue floral L is for Leni.  To quilt it, I did the stitch-in-the-ditch method.  It is so cozy and fun!

Quilts and Barns

I have managed to combine my quilting passion with my passion for photographing old barns.  I have been quite immersed in genealogy this year, and I am wondering how I can combine that with quilting.  I have recently completed another donation quilt.  I decided I was going to make it fun and not fuss about making it masculine.  So, here is the latest girly donation quilt.  I know some young lass will really fall in love with it.  Although, this is a strip quilt, I stealthily included a couple little houses, one with a fox in the door.

I photographed this quilt at Eagle Island State Park.  They have a couple old barns and silos there.