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When the exchange started in the fall I asked the members of my group to recreate their first block, or a block from their first quilt. I enclosed the two blocks that I used as hot pads for Stacia and Deloise.
The “Sawtooth Star” is a block that Barb used when she taught her beginners class. Barb is a beautiful quilter and has given me so much help and advice. Barb also made the star block with the circular center. Her note in my book was signed “The old wise one.”
Sandra made the rail fence block. She says it is from her first quilt called “Lightning Strikes.” Sandra is one of the regular Tuesday morning quilters.
Suzanne added the 9-patch block. She travels to Europe frequently to visit relatives and, while there, she checks out the fabric shops. She’s used some of that fabric in my block.
Our Guild President made the Sunbonnet Sue block. Her first quilt was made for her daughter when she was 5 or 6 (she’s 43 now). The pattern and fabric were ordered from the Eaton’s catalogue, and she even included a photo of that first Sunbonnet Sue quilt.
The original block (click to enlarge)
Our instructions were for a pot (template included) made of stripes and/or polka dots and filled with the flowers of our choice.
Here’s what I wrote in Barb’s notebook:
“I had an early peek at your cookie tin and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that I would be doing an appliqué block. I’ve worked a lot on my appliqué and felt reasonably confident that I was up to the task.
The blocks that were added (click to enlarge)
When I received the tin and looked at the blocks that came before mine I was dumbfounded. They have been made with such beauty and creativity.
The block I added (click to enlarge)
My simple posies will be the Plain Jane’s in your garden. The star on the pot is a reminder that you are one of my quilting heroes.”
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Look at the detail on this flower basket.
There are two blocks missing from the photos as the person who had the tin before me kept them behind to finish.
