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:
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.
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