I was recently invited to join a "Group" board on pinterest. It is a board for those of us who love to make quilts. My own Pinterest board for quilts is called "Quilting Bee" and I have pinned some really gorgeous quilts and ideas and tutorials to this board. However, joining the group "Board" has opened up a whole new world of wonders. There are thousands of quilters out there with some of the most wonderful, awesome, gorgeous, creative quilts and the list goes on. The group board has given me the opportunity to connect with so many more people of 'like' interest. You cannot believe the art that goes into making a quilt and the creativity involved is amazing to me.
I am just beginning to step in that direction. I just completed a quilt for my grandson. I designed and appliqued the entire quilt and pieced it together. It was such a joy to watch it come to fruition. A friend of mine in St. George did the machine quilting. She owns a quilt shop there and it is a wonderful place to visit and create dreams.
My daughter loved the quilt and let me borrow it back to enter it into the county fair. I'll find out next week how it did and if I won any ribbons. Our county is full of ladies who love to quilt and they have groups who meet regularly to work on new ones. I love going to the local quilt shows to see the finished results. I have yet to see any duplicates.
My next quilt is a "quilt as you sew" adventure. It is made of "minky" fleece and the fabric is cut into strips that are laid down on top of the batting and the backing fabric and you sew through all of the layers as you sew the strips together so that the end product is quilted and all you have to do is sew on the binding. It sounds fun and the fabric is bright oranges and turquoises and prints for another little boy baby quilt. It will be for another soon to be born grandson.
