Julie #10 Beauty From Ashes
It feels good to be on board with a challenge again and with time to actually quilt. I was surprised to be selected to set the challenge. Setting the challenge raised the bar for me in making me find time to finish a challenge again. Thank you for the opportunity. Here is my submission for "Beauty From Ashes": This quilt is about 19.5" square. It will join my rotating "welcome" quilts on my front door. The story behind my quilt follows. I have fallen in love with dying fabric. Yes, it takes a lot of time and energy. Yes, it is hard to actually cut that fabric after all you've invested in it. This fall I found what I believed to be the PERFECT project for my hand-dyed fabrics. It was a mystery quilt for the Carol Doak Yahoo! Group. Here is the quilt (only a top to date) that I created following her mystery: This quilt top is actually 42" square. When you are foundation piecing you cut away a lot of little pieces of fabric. I jus...