Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Quilts

The beautiful fabrics from Tanzania always seemed to call me.  After our last trip to the Southern Highlands of Tanzania I made a string quilt for a silent auction at our Synod Assembly.  (See previous post May 10, 2013))

I had many gorgeous pieces of fabric left and many were gifts.  Consequently I decided to fashion queen size quilts for each of our children.   Two years and four months later I completed this project. 


Quilt #1 (which was the one I just finished) is also a string quilt with a piano key small border. 
dog not included!

 Quilt #2 has blocks of half string and yellow triangle. 
 


 Quilt #3 is a whack and stack block with a narrow yellow border. 



 Quilt #4 is not pieced but fabric repeating a tree and blossoms with a small piping between the two halves. 



Quilt #5 is fussy cut with figures framed by the blocks in a diagonal pattern and framed with a two color border. 

Yes there are 5 quilts and 4 children…this was to ensure that everyone had a choice!