I’m pretty excited – I’ll be sending a quilt I made to the gang up in Flint this weekend for the upcoming Flint Festival of Quilts. Participants were asked to create something that has a family component to it, inspiration from a family member, etc.
The details:
Greater Flint Arts Council
Flint Festival of Quilts (Downtown Flint)
Sept. 9-10
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
I had a lot of fun making this. I took my inspiration from some quilt blocks my great-grandmother started to make out of my grandmother’s old dresses from the 1920s. I love those type of fabric patterns and prints, so I used a Moda honey bun featuring Sandy Klop’s American Jane “Punctuation” line. The strips were perfect for doing rectangle blocks. Very colorful, definitely a bit of a retro feeling. This is a wall hanging, so when it returns it will be hung in my craft room.
I added some trim I had on hand across the front.
Since this is a tribute to my grandmother, I added one of her sewing labels she had made in the 1950s.
I can’t wait to hand off the quilt – it’s my first quilt show! Wish me luck!
The quilt is beautiful! Thanks so much for letting us display it!