Tag: “Ailey Loves Lighthouses” quilt

Turkey Tracks: “Ailey Loves Lighthouses” Quilt

Turkey Tracks:  December 16, 2014

“Ailey Loves Lighthouses” Quilt

Ailey loves lighthouses.

We have to go visit as many as we can whenever she comes to Maine.

Here’s how her lighthouse quilt came out–thanks to Denise Lanier for this set of blocks given to me about ten years ago.

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I kept the quilting simple–meandering on the long arm with a light green thread and outline stitching of the lighthouses on the domestic machine in a darker blue thread.

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I had enough of this great fabric for the backing:

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It works well with the front:

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This quilt will hang in Ailey’s bedroom–to remind her of Maine, of lighthouses, and of her grandmother’s love.

Turkey Tracks: “Ailey Loves Lighthouses” Quilt

Turkey Tracks:  October 27, 2014

“Ailey Loves Lighthouses” Quilt

 

About 9 years ago, Denise Lanier, one of my Virginia quilting friends–with whom I have been quilting for something just shy of twenty years–gave me set of lighthouse blocks.

We had just moved to Maine, and she had just visited us in our new home.

The blocks sat pinned to my design wall for all that time.  Can you believe it?  I just could not find the right setting for these clever little blocks.  Either additional blocks detracted from them or the colors were too dark.

Then, along came Ailey, who adores our lighthouses.  And, along came all the polka dot fabrics…  And, at some point, the polka dots came close to the lighthouses.  Magic ensued.

Here’s what happened:

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I’ll quilt it with a lime green thread–and will keep the quilting very simple and away from the lighthouses.  And it will be bound with another blue polka dot fabric I have.

Can’t wait to see it finished.