AHS Convention - the quilt
At the 2009 Convention, we saw and were quite impressed with a hosta quilt they raffled off. when our friend Lisa - yes, the Hallsons Lisa - was put in charge of the raffle at the 2010 convention, a quilt seemed in order. The organization was doing a group quilt, each quilter contributing one block based on a t-shirts from previous conventions.
DW Sheila knew how hard it is to coordinate something like that, each quilter/sewer operating a little differently... and she couldn't get excited about t-shirt squares... so she decided to just make and donate a quilt of her own.
She spent a lot of time researching patterns. The theme of the Convention was "Stars of the North" - the "stars" being the many Minnesotans who have produced hostas. And, of course, hosta is "the friendship plant."
It seemed like fate when she was given a copy of a book, [i][b]The Quiltmaker's Gift[/b][/i]. One of the quilts in the book is "[i]The Friendship Star[/i]" pattern. A perfect melding of hostas and stars...
(Note to quilters - if you don't know about this book and the others it has generated, check it out! That is assuming that there is a quilter somewhere who hasn't run into this in one or forty quilting shoppes they frequent.)
(Note to hosta people - you think hosta people are nuts? Check out the quilt folks... they may be farther out than we are! We're talking adding rooms onto houses to store fabric that will be just perfect for some project in the future...)
Sheila "pieced" the quilt... piecing means designing and assembling a quilt. She had it "quilted" by a professional. Quilting is the front to back sewing throughout the quilt. In the old days, the simple quilts would just have a stitch or a piece of yarn sewed through each square of the quilt, but nowadays there are long-arm sewing machines that can do patterns that enhance the power of the quilt. Her quilter used botanical stiches, like fern patterns and vine patterns.
It was won by a nice young woman from Nebraska who was almost in shock with the "I never win anything" response. Bon Voyage!
and the proud artist
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