hope valley quilts 1 and 4

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The other day I showed a closer look at two of my hope valley quilts. Here are the last two of the series… starting with #4

This one is quite similar to quilt #2, but on a rose colored background with the blocks positioned in the upper corner instead. Rather than spacing these blocks, I sewed them all together and then added a white border to that large block so they’d stand out from the purple solid background.

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Another pieced backing on this one –

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I did the same random straight line quilting, again with a few double stitch lines for fun.

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And then the last, which is actually the first one I made of this series

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I did a thin border of the purple/rose solid to make the blocks appear larger, and then sashed it all in the solid white (Kona Snow, if you want to be precise!)

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The backing of this one has a few pieced vertical strips on a white background. I quilted it on the diagonal, with my favorite – a double diagonal in one direction and a single line in the other direction.

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These two have joined the other two in the shop!

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2009 was a good year

Morgan and I got married!

And I made quilts. Lots of quilts! These are a few of my favorites from 2009…

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1. purple patchwork quilt, 2. A field of flowers quilt front, 3. 9 patch back, 4. animal sherbet squares quilt, 5. Aqua Daisy Chain quilt, 6. sunny squares quilt, 7. autumn blush quilt, 8. same fabrics, different quilts, 9. california dreamin’ striped quilts, 10. far far away hexagon quilt, 11. california dreamin’ blue striped quilt back, 12. modified bento box quilt, 13. hope valley quilts (x4), 14. second time around quilt, 15. munki in the middle quilts, version 2, 16. patchwork squares quilt, 17. modern munki munki martian quilt, 18. strawberries & champagne baby quilt, 19. echino log cabin quilt, 20. birds of a feather quilt back, 21. block party quilt top, 22. hope valley baby zig zag, 23. california dreamin’ mini quilt, 24. Kaleidoscope – a colorful string quilt

During this year I also celebrated a one year blog anniversary, and also a one year quilting anniversary – yay! Thank you to all of you who visit – frequently, or just occasionally  – and a special thanks to all who take the time to provide such wonderful comments. I truly enjoy reading all of them! Your interest and support keep me motivated to continue making quilts to show here. Thank you, thank you!

I am looking forward to a quilt-filled 2010!

Happy New Year!

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hope valley quilts 2 & 3

Thanks for all the great comments on my hope valley quilt series! And a big thanks to my family for being willing to hold the quilts up for photos (I lucked out and caught them on a surprisingly warm day (warm for December in Vermont, anyway…) while they were waiting to get snow tires on the car…)

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So here’s the second quilt of the series, as signified by the two squares at the top!

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On this one, I decided to keep the four quilt blocks close together, using just a tiny bit of sashing to separate them. I placed them in the lower corner and filled in the rest of the quilt with Kona Snow.

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The back of this one is my favorite, I think. I wasn’t sure about all that orange, but once I added the white on either side I really loved it.

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That tiny strip of the purple floral print really does it for me. Totally.

I quilted this one with random straight lines, which I drew on with a washable marker. To add something extra, I went for a double line on a few of these lines. Love!

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And then we have the third in the series… I love the color of this one. Purple was never really one of my favorites, but it’s definitely growing on me!

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I knew I wanted to use the purple as the background color, so I added a thick white border to each block to make them pop.

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There’s a bit more purple on the back, along with pieces of the remaining prints. I quilted this one on the diagonal in one direction using randomly spaced lines. I love the randomness of it, as well as the not perfectly straight lines.

They each measure about 35″ x 40″, give or take a bit. I’d love to hang them as a series, but quite frankly we just don’t have the wall space! So they’re listed in the shop instead…

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