Last year my quilting friends and I went to Granbury, TX for a little retreat. We go there every year. This is the house we stay in. It's really cute inside too. There is a kitchen, great room, two bathrooms and three bedrooms filled with trundle beds.
We were told to bring a yard of our favorite fabric. During one of the door prize drawings each of us won a quilting book. Then, we got out our fabric and passed it to the right a couple of times...then to the left a couple of times. So, each of us had a different fabric than the one we brought. This is the fabric I ended up with. A challenge was issued...make a quilt from the book using the fabric.
The book I won was the same one that I made the Scrappy Garden Paths in the post below. This is the quilt I made. Here's a little close up of the two Sunbonnet Sues I appliqued in the middle. The book's quilt has one larger Sunbonnet Sue done in embroidery. I changed it up a little.
This is my challenge quilt. I used the challenge fabric in the background of the applique, pinwheels, backing and binding. The binding is the backing fabric brought around to the front and stitched by machine.
One thing I should mention is that my fabric was not cotton. I guess one of the new quilters brought it. Now I know why we don't use polyester in our quilts. It can't be ironed without melting, the lowest setting on my iron didn't generate enough heat to press it. Plus, the feel of it generally grossed me out! I wasn't even going to try to do the challenge but, I persevered and this is the outcome.
Not too bad...
That is really cute, you done a great job! Very cute little house to have a retreat.... Happy sewing
ReplyDeleteNice blog. You did a great job with the challenge. What a stack of quilts, I try to keep my hand quilting ready to pick up, even for short times, but the pile seems to grow!
ReplyDeleteYour challenge turned out great. The retreat house looks inviting. My group will have to check it out sometime. Take care.
ReplyDeleteNot bad? Oh, you silly girl - it is fabulous. Really, it is very, very nice and you should feel really proud. If it really grosses you out, it could come and live at my house. :-)
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Is that the Sunbonnet Tootie girls? it made up real cute. Seeing the house in Grandbury sure makes me homesick to come back to Texas for a visit.
ReplyDeleteCreative use of the fabric you ended up with. I think I would have had a hard time thinking of what to do with it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I think it's really cute. And I did wonder why we never use poly...now I know, it's gross, LOL!
ReplyDeleteNot bad, indeed! It's wonderful. You can't go wrong with SBS.
ReplyDeleteThat house is soooo charming!! Lucky ducky!!
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