I dug this yummy quilt out of the cupboard yesterday. When I first bought the friendship blocks there were not sewn as a quilt top and were very uneven I unpicked everything and resized all the pieces and hand stitched it all back together into the top you see in the top photo. I have also hand quilted.
The blocks were originally hand pieced in the 1940's by a group of women in North and South Carolina. Many of whom embroidered their names.

The hexagon quilt and the vases were part of the displays at the quilt show in Nantes just recently. I would have liked to have been able to have packed the vases up to bring home.

This is one of my new quilts I have been teaching this year called "Freedom Train North."
It is based around the code used by escaping slaves.

I am back from the dead and also back from France. I saw these amazing quilts at a place called Brouage. It is a walled town from the 17th century. The quilts are copies of old quilts and all hand made. A fascinating place and just perfect for old quilts.

Turning Japanese.

This is the back of my competition quilt on its way to France. Just checked the progress and it is in China, go figure. It might get there in time and it might not,

Summer school in the Blue Mountains

Don't know when I think I will have the time, but I do love old cross stitch samplers. 

This was the end to a good day.

 

It is that time of year again, Summer School in the Blue Mountains. This is where we stayed last year. Lovely misty mornings and lots of gossip and some sewing thrown into the mix. Looking forward to catching up with friends again. Might even get a bit more done to my quilt. If not, then there is always morning tea and cake. I actually do have more done to my quilt, But this is my only picture.