Friday, November 4, 2011

Crossroads

Our stitch group has made a quilt for the Douglas County Aids Project annual art auction for the past few years. Here's our donation this year. It might look familiar to you, it's based on an antique quilt we admired this summer.

We pieced the blocks in one afternoon. We worked assembly-line style: some people made the muslin foundations, some cut strings from a pile of silk tie remnants donated by Carol. Some of us stitched, others pressed. It was amazingly efficient for our loosely organized group. Someone donated the just-right red silk for the centers, someone else quilted, someone else bound it and added the perfect label. The Little Red Hen would have been proud.....

The auction is tomorrow night.We're hoping it brings big bucks for this organization that does such vital work in our community.
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15 comments:

  1. Sujata ShahNovember 4, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    I can not close my jaws shut! Deb, This quilt is gorgeous! Looks like everyone poured their hearts into it. Hope it brings in some serious money!

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  2. Amy RNovember 4, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Beautiful quilt made from loving hands~ Sure hope it brings in many $$$s for such a good cause.

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  3. Nifty QuiltsNovember 4, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Wow! This is a knock out! I'm sure it will bring in big bucks. Looking forward to seeing your corduroy on 11-11-11!

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  4. LCPNovember 4, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    This is beautiful! What size? Wall hanging? Thanks for sharing and I hope the auction is successful!

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  5. Deb RowdenNovember 4, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    thanks! It is wall hanging size. check out Carol's blog entry, it shows last year's quilt too...
    http://carolgilhamjones.blogspot.com/2011/10/crossroads.html

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  6. Barbara ArcementNovember 4, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    i love the blocks. it is so pretty!
    I hope the auction is very successful!

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  7. Jay in NebraskaNovember 4, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    Thank you so much for doing this! Since I have HIV and am a quilter, its nice to see others working for the common cause!

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  8. Donna KeatingNovember 4, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Very striking results. Team work makes it go even faster and fun-er!

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  9. Tonya RicucciNovember 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    fantastic!!!!!!!!

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  10. Ann FergusonNovember 5, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    Incredible!!

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  11. AnonymousNovember 8, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Do you mean the Little Red Hen would have been proud? It was Chicken Little who worried about the sky falling.

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  12. Ann ChampionNovember 14, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    What a spectacular quilt!!! :)

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  13. Dixie RedmondNovember 26, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Oh, my! I love this quilt!

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  14. RosaFebruary 27, 2012 at 4:45 AM

    WOW!
    I just found this quilt - it is gorgious!
    I have been looking for inspiration to make one of my own - thank you for this :-)

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  15. AnonymousNovember 7, 2014 at 6:49 PM

    You guys rock! I have close to 75 ties that are screaming this design!!!!! Love LOve LOVE IT

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