Quilt # 17: Spring Thaw 2

Hello,my quilting friends,

Spring Thaw by Jodi Nelson was an easy pattern to sew together and completed in June 2019. You can read all about it in the June 15, 2019 article. 

I donated Spring Thaw to a friend hospitalized for months for cancer treatment. He and his wife fell in love with the quilt, and she immediately laid it on their bed. After many months of complications with the cancer treatment and lung infection, my friend is finally in remission. Praise God for that. 

It was quilted with straight vertical and horizontal lines, giving it a modern look.

 Another beautiful quilt is done and gone! With each quilt I engaged with, I tried different combinations of free-motion design or kept it very simple. It all depends on how fast I want the quilt done.

 Taking Photo of a Quilt

Since we moved to our new property in 2020, I've been frustrated with taking clear and bright photos of my quilts. This summer, I finally hung a rope between two large three, and it's perfect for hanging all sizes of a quilt, but it's in the semi-shade, and the photos are more explicit. Oh well, c'est la vie.

Older Post

Here is the link to view my older post on Spring Thaw:

 https://quilter4him.blogspot.com/2019/06/

Arcadia Avenue: Top Completed

 Where Have you Been?

I apologize for slacking the updates on all my projects these last few months. When I cancelled the Facebook account in April 2022, for some mysterious reason, I thought Quilter4Him was gone too. Then I realized the blog was a Google account, NOT Facebook  (slap on the forehead). 

You haven't missed too much because I stalled last winter anyway. (Hey, hey,hey evil laugh). I was editing my historical novel which I wrote about ten years ago. Yep, I went from one hobby I love to another one.

By March 2023, I told my daughter Jessica that I wasn't quilting anymore. And boy, oh boy, did I get a rebuked reply about  that, "Mom, you're not quitting your quilting. I love what you're doing!" Well, something like that (smile). And to make my daughter happy, I pulled out my quilting journal. Praise God,  I journaled everything because I wouldn't know where I left those projects months earlier.  It took me a day or two to figure out before I resumed resume quilting. Seeing how much was done so far is very encouraging. Thank you, Jessica:)

So here I am, dreading to write my first blog for 2023. But it's all good.

Here it begins:

From March through May 2023, I worked on the Arcadia Avenue blocks ( #7-#12). Each of those blocks takes about 3-4 hrs. If you remember, it is my first attempt at paper pieces and was awed by the colours and pattern effect it gives when done, and it is still need to be quilted. I dread quilting this beautiful quilt because I don't want to ruin it with a quilting design I don't like. 

 

Arcadia Avenue

Individual Blocks:

I cannot wait to see this top quilted.