This Photo : :

This photo is up there with my all time favorites, and is one I've been meaning to pop in here to share with all of you in case you had missed it on Jodi's Facebook page for her blog Tickle & Hide. As I sit here it feels like such a perfect day to share it. It's story makes me smile and feel happy in the midst of the crazy and busy right now. Lately it feels like time is speeding up each day. Like I can’t move fast enough and I can’t catch up. But with all that demands my time and attention, this blog makes me stop. And these days I'm realizing more and more what a gift quilting and this blog are. My gratitude grows as I continue to learn just how important this all is to me. I want to write a million stories about how much it's all influencing my life, but I rarely take the time to. I want the world to know how full and blessed I feel because of it. And how my life is made even better because of all of you. It's far from perfect and never without daily obstacles and life's challenges. And even when I can't feel it, I know, it's still, very, very good.

♥ Maureen

Blogger's Quilt Festival -- Applique : :

If you follow me regularly, you'll remember seeing this quilt a bunch this year! It was so long in the making, changing many times, but thankfully turned into a finish I'm very happy with. This is the project that taught me how to quilt, and was made extra special by it's story and recipient. I'm excited for this chance to share it in the Blogger's Quilt Festival!



I wasn't sure which category it fit best, but decided on Applique since those elements are my most favorite parts of this quilt. The idea of a Little Folks voile, yo-yo flower garden is what started this project after-all!







The rest came together piece by piece, all unplanned. My "sketch stitch" girl, the patchwork, the appliqued butterflies.







It's made up of Anna Maria Horner prints with a few Pure Element solids, is both machine quilted with variegated Aurifil and a few of the decorative stitches my Janome offers, and hand-quilted with floss. Ans, it now lives happily with my friend Jodi!





I have started a new quilt with a similar vibe that I hope to focus in on finishing after the holidays. This type of slow-moving quilt work is something I really enjoy and plan to continue to develop. Making a quilt each year that includes one of my "sketch stitch" thread drawings and favorite fabrics is one of my personal goals for each year!



 Quilt Stats

name: An Applique Art Quilt
size: lap size
fabrics: Art Gallery Pure Element solids & Anna Maria Horner fabrics
quilting: straight line & decorative on my Janome 12000, along with hand-quilting
backing: Anna Maria Horner's Coreopsis in Lime from her Loulouthi collection
binding: Anna Maria Horner's Hugs & Kisses in Wine from her Loulouthi collection

Thank you so much for stopping by today! ♥ Maureen