Monday, September 17, 2018

Blogger's Quilt Festival: Charmed

I had such lovely feedback on both of my quilts in the Blogger's Quilt Festival last time, that I thought I'd show 2 quilts this time as well.

The second quilt, I call "Charmed".


I made this for my dear friend, Megan.  She and I have been friends for 39 years.  I don't know how that's possible, since neither one of us is over 29!  

I call this "Charmed" because it's similar to the old charm quilts.

"Charm quilts are quilts that are made using a different fabric for each piece of the pattern." 
- antiquequilthistory.com

Mine isn't quite that scrappy.  Since I used a four-patch, I did duplicate each fabric - once.  Each four-patch has 2 fabrics, one pair of each fabric.  However, the fabric pairs in each four-patch are not repeated in the quilt.  I also used just one black and one white fabric for all the sashing, cornerstones, and borders.

I think I need to make her a new one though.  Last time I saw this quilt, it was well-loved and quite faded.  Hmm, I've always wanted to make a French Braid quilt, maybe I'll do a purple one for her.

Edited to add:  I don't know if Megan even knows I have a blog so no idea if she'll see this or not.  We do talk and "see" each other on FB.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

10 comments:

Sharon said...

Such a sweet quilt! I'm sure she loves it!

For the love of geese said...

I love the soft colors in this. Lovely quilt. Denise@fortheloveofgeese

Denise :) said...

What a charming gift! Isn't it funny how years can go by so (ahem) quickly?! :)

Nancy in NV-wheres the dude at blogspot said...

Nice easy quilt for a long time friend. I taught my long time friend to quilt so she makes her own now. Win-Win!!

Quilting Babcia said...

It's so pretty and obviously very well loved!

Home Sewn By Us said...

Hi Stacy! I am 100% sure that Megan just loves this quilt. I have been friends with my bestie since high school, era 1976. I'm not doing the math . . . but that's a long time. I can just hear Megan squeal with delight at the possibility of a new quilt! ~smile~ Roseanne

Nana said...

A quilt that your friend will cherish forever. Beautiful!

Leonore Winterer said...

It's obvious, you two have been friends in your previous lives as well! Lovely quilt.

LuAnn Kessi said...

A quilt of love for your friend, this is just darling.

LuAnn Kessi in Western Oregon
https://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

TheEclecticAbuela said...

A lovely quilt--beautiful work.