Betsy’s Gorgeous Quilt

Betsy lives in Vermont, and we met years ago on the J&E Riggin windjammer, which sails out of Rockland, Maine. Betsy was volunteering to help cook for that trip.

I offered to let Betsy spend the nights she was off the boat at my house, which she did. She saw my quilting, and the rest is history now.

Betsy’s husband Bill gifted her with this quilt pattern Christmas before last–and she has now finished it. Can I just say that there is no way I would attempt this challenging project!!! And, that I am so proud of her as she has now gifted so, so many beautiful quilts to family, friends, and babies.

Betsy is keeping this quilt though and is going to hang it in her house. She should, as the pattern was a gift from her husband. *Note that the fabric choices are Betsy’s. Didn’t she do a nice job with her choices?

Betsy accompanied me in taking Tara’s Faughnan’s “block” online class this past winter. We had such fun making our blocks and sharing them with each other as the months went flying by. Indeed, there are only a few nights where one of us doesn’t send a picture to the other one late at night. Often, Betsy sews then, and I’m usually in front of the tv with a hand sewing project.

Betsy sent a pic of this quilt she just finished for a friend only the other night. This quilt looks easy, but it isn’t as there are block orientation issues. What followed when she sent this picture was a discussion of what binding to use. (Her longarm quilter does awesome work, doesn’t she?)

Go Betsy!!