Friday, March 25, 2011

Busting the Leaf Quilt


All this week I've been working on the unquilted parts of this. There are just a few more blocks at one end, and then the border. And then the binding. And then laundering and trying to remove 10 years of dirt, cat hair, and pricked-finger blood. I copied the design of this from an antique appliqued quilt shown in one of Susan's quilt books; I wanted to do it in patchwork instead of applique, so I designed the blocks, including the pieced leaf pattern of the white fill-in blocks.


Bond James Bond
 




REGRETS DEPARTMENT:











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The Last Lily to Open
Parts of the bouquet lasted for ten days.

Posted by Joanne Cage -- Joanne Cage at 1:41 PM

6 comments:

Susan @ Blackberry Creek said...

That quilt is going to be so pretty. And who is the fur face? He's so cute.

March 25, 2011 at 2:28 PM
Joanne Cage said...

This is Bond James Bond, the poodle that I almost went to Cullman or somewhere to get last year. Just think how much bathing it would take to keep those feet white!

March 25, 2011 at 2:32 PM
Tammy said...

Wow, what a pretty quilt. I love it!

March 25, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Lynn said...

I love leaf quilts! And yours is so different. Love it! Can't wait to see the whole thing when it's finished.

March 26, 2011 at 4:46 PM
JudyT said...

That is a beautiful quilt. I love leaf quilts. This is the first time I've seen that pattern with the two colors like that and I'm in awe of it.

March 28, 2011 at 7:54 AM
Susan @ Blackberry Creek said...

You're right, Jo. I had to wash Skipper's feet three times yesterday and bathe him once to keep the mud out of the house.

March 31, 2011 at 11:20 AM

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