Monday, February 10, 2020

Memories of a Masterpiece

The first of every month I swap out the majority of the quilts that are out and about in my home.  The beds, a few walls, the banister, the loft, they all get a new look.  I have some quilts that get used year round and are always out, Cooper has two.  It's a fun day and I look forward to it.  But I only piece the tops, I don't quilt them, and without the help and support of some amazing quilters there would be no quilts to play with each month, a fact I never take for granted.


This month I've really been enjoying Memories of a Masterpiece on the guest bed.  I was piecing this quilt this time last year, and now here it is all quilted and looking amazing.


Linda Hrcka at The Quilted Pineapple quilted this top for me.  Whenever I send a quilt off to be quilted, regardless of the quilt, I only have two words of advice, "no feathers".  Linda thought perhaps I should break my no feathers rule and she was right.  The design and size are perfect for this top.  


It only takes looking at this before picture to really appreciate the the difference quilting makes.

Linda is blogging about quilting this top on her blog today, pop on over to get her take on quilting this top.

This is Memories of a Masterpiece, Lifetime Quilt #243, click here for more detail.


10 comments:

  1. The simplicity of the quilt makes it sing! And I love the red pillowcases for the bed. The whole thing just makes me smile!

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  2. Stunning, Thelma! And the quilting is breathtaking, IMHO. If I were to make this quilt, I would also make the squares 1.5" to fit on my bed.

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  3. That is truly a stunner. Great achievement

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  4. Beautiful! One day, maybe, one day - I can dream!

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  5. Such a spectacular quilt! I can't even imagine making that many HSTs!!

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  6. The bed and the quilt are fabulous! Great idea about switching the quilts out every month.

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  7. Your quilts are stunning Thelma. I'm so glad I found your blog. I also love your header quilt. :-)

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  8. A labor of love when you had to size up all those half square triangles and wow....it was all worth it! Just breath taking to see this done red. A true beauty Thelma !!!

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  9. Hi Thelma. Your quilt is stunning. Of course -- they all are! Can you tell us about your no feathers rule?

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