Blogger's Quilt Festival: Fall 2011

I love this quilt.  It is my favorite quilt of all time. 

I live outside of Philadelphia.  In my travels through the countryside, there are lots of small farms and stone houses.  I have always wanted to live in one of those stone houses and have a small flock of sheep so that I could shear them and spin the wool. But it was not meant to be.

So the next best thing was to make a quilt about my dream farm. I call it Willoway - A Folk Art Farm.

 There is lots of hand embroidery from the garden to the leaves on the weeping willow.  It wouldn't be complete without the presence of our 2 black labs that are no longer with us.  One of my favorite elements is the round bales of hay which I made from pearl cotton. I enjoyed adding the top and bottom border from pieced stars.

                                          

There are lots more quilts to see in this virtual quilt show.   Go to the Blogger's Quilt Festival by clicking HERE for links to hundreds of others. You can enjoy quilts the whole week long.  The post will be up through November 4th.   There are so many bloggers out there that are making great quilts.  This is an opportunity for lots of people to see their creations.

   I will be heading to Houston on Saturday to go to Quilt Market.  I am excited and nervous at the same time.  It will be my first wholesale market. I will get to meet all the people at Martingale that I have only met via e-mail.  I hope to take lots of photos and share some of the latest and greatest that will be coming to your local quilt shop in the near future.        

 In the meantime, enjoy the quilts!