Yesterday I had a great day with patchwork friends at Mrs. Furui's house. There is always a lot of teasing and chatting and catching up to be done not to mention sewing.
Our group of 7 or 8 ladies has always gathered at Mrs. Furui's house. She is central to everyone and two other of the ladies live in the same neighborhood. It is on the way back from the city so a couple of the ladies can run their errands or do their jobs in the morning and stop in on their way home. I live too far away. No one ever comes out here. Mrs. Harada moved four hours away last year and we never expected her to continue coming to patchwork but she faithfully makes the trip each month leaving her home at 6:00 in the morning and arriving by 10:00. Yesterday she picked up Mrs. Okutomi, another long time patchwork friend who also had moved away years ago. Actually Mrs. Harada and Mrs. Okutomi only met at our January patchwork gathering but patchwork and quilting people just seem to be able to become friends and so yesterday the two of them drove the distance together to do patchwork with the original group!The goal for yesterday was to put the bazaar quilt's applique borders together, make it into a flimsy and get it sandwiched for quilting. A few snags (one side of the applique hadn't been finished yet!) and a few additions, ("Let's put piping around the whole quilt!") but I had brought my Feathered Star quilt and a couple of us basted that while others appliqued, ironed, sewed and joined batting for the bazaar quilt. Busy house!
A quick lunch and with many hands both quilts were sandwiched, new projects were considered, and a lot of laughter filled our hearts.
This year's bazaar quilt surpasses our expectations! (I think the addition of that border was a stroke of genius!)"THIS YEAR I WANT TO WIN THIS!!!!"
"How many raffle tickets should I buy to clinch it?"
"This is our best quilt ever!"
We say that every year.
20 comments:
WOW!!! I am in love with your raffle quilt too. I hope that you are lucky enough to win this one. Your group always seems to be inspired and is able to put many beautiful colors together to make a quilt that looks so harmonious.
It is a very beautiful quilt!
the border really does do a fantastic job of tying the whole thing together. I hope the quilting goes smoothly for you all :-)
It's a very pretty quilt. I can see why everyone wants to win it.
What a beautiful appliqued quilt, I too would like to win this. Can we buy raffle tickets?
If you don't win, perhaps you can make one of your own, take lots of pictures.
Rae Ann
That is a great amount of work for all of you ladies--you should be very pleased with yourselves! I would want to buy raffle tickets too if I saw it. How wonderful that you get together and accomplish such beauty.
What a special day with quilting friends...and you made a wonderful quilt together!
That quilt is glorious! I hope you win it! I don't envy you all on the floor though - my back is giving me fits just looking at the pictures, lol!
Can I buy a raffle ticket from Colorado? It's just lovely!
It is beautiful. The piping is a great touch!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this quilt!! It's spectacular, the piping was a great addition. Oh, my... my heart skipped a beat as I gave it a closer look.
Well done, all.
how much are the tickets?
I think a lot of your blogs readers would love to purchase some.
I don't have a blog, but I'm a faithful reader.
Everything about this quilt is special. Adding the small blocks to the larger area made of little squares is ingenious, and of course, the border is another stroke of genius. You ladies did a fantastic job. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. 8-)
This is lovely Tanya - I love the little corner squares in the bigger postage stamp alternate blocks and the applique patterns are gorgeous - the best yet :o)
I'd love to win it!
This is a gorgeous quilt, Tanya! Congratulations to all of you. I agree that the border was a stroke of genius! It is a wonderful finish!
Beautiful, beautiful!! I do hope you win this Tanya.
Beautiful!
I tend to be a solitary person so haven't joined a guild or group here in Minneapolis but I always read about your small group with a little envy. This year's quilt is gorgeous!
Please tell all the ladies that the quilt is spectacular! Sounds like a wonderful group of patchwork friends. I was interested to see that Mrs. Furui has a western style table - that you all ate western style. Is that more common now?
Wow. I'd be happy to win that quilt too! :-)
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