A Friday finish and a sneak preview!

 

Transitions

50 by 60 inches

machine pieced and machine quilted

with blocks from

15 Minutes Play Quilt Bee members

 

I'd like to share a quilt that I began two years ago.

From Oct. 2010 to Sept. 2011, I was part of Victoria's 15 minute play bee.

Each month a player set a challenge in made fabric and we sent her blocks.

I had the last month and asked for 6 by 12 (or longer) blocks

moving from orange to blue in a made fabric fashion.

You can see the guidelines here.

They sat on my wall for a long time.

In the meantime, I worked on my freemotion skills.

I finally set them together without any sashing,

and machine quilted it.

 

I named it "Transitions" because of the transition from orange to blue in the blocks,

and because I intended this to be a quilt to give away.

I find I often give quilts to people at a transitional time in their lives.

 

 

The new owner of the quilt

recently painted her bedroom lime green, with splashes of yellow, and

decorated it with blue furniture.

So it seems Transitions has found exactly the right home,

two years after I chose the colours!

Here's another shot on my lawn, with Victoria's book open
to two of the other quilts made by bee members.

 

Thanks to my fellow bee members for their contributions:
Victoria, Margaret, LeeAnn, Glenda, Sujata, Shelly,
Charlotte, Mary, Helen, Beth, and Lynn.

 

 

Here's the back, with the lime green print that I had originally intended as sashing,

with wonky log cabin blocks inset.

I also had another finish this week,

but it's waiting for the big reveal.

The intended owner is still gestating,

but any day now!

 

I'm linking up with Amanda and Sarah and Pippa.