Pieced by Joan Taylor who is making this for someone who just wanted the two fabrics and quilt for snuggling.I'll prepare the backing, quilt and hand bind this one. BTW, the squares are a mint green and the strips are a light periwinkle. Hopefully I can get the camera to record the correct colors before this is done. LOL
Jan 18: Prepared the backing. Started loading
Jan 19: Loaded & started quilting. Balancing a light color top thread with a darker bobbin color is not working on this quilt. Really need clear MonoPoly bobbins for this to work nicely, Superior Threads is testing them now so I am hoping I can wait long enough for them to come in. Sometimes it is nice to have a near empty quilting queue that is not pressing.
Feb 07: Figured out a way to kinda sorta wind a few bobbins. I would not want to make a habit of it this way but I should at least be able to finish this quilt now.
Feb 08: Quilting now with Smoke Monopoly bobbins. Now taking it all out. So what happened? The first flower stitched beautifully with invisible thread on the back but by the time the third one was stitched and from there on, the bobbin thread was pulling the top thread through to the back making a mess at all the tips of the inside of the flowers. I can stitch two rows of this pattern at a time before rolling. When I did roll it, I did not like what I saw.

So, this is a first. I cannot figure out a way to do this quilt justice so Joan & I have agreed for me to return it to her. She will finish removing what I sewn & try to get her local longarming friend to quilt it. I so hope it all works out. I don't give up easily & I do feel a longing to fight on but it is not best for anyone. SI la vie.

This applique quilt with custom quilting is so beautiful. I will be adding the binding for Joan. So far my hands allow me to do this while her's do not.
Jan 14: Prepared and attached binding. Hand stitched one side. 1/4 done.
Jan 15: Continuing with the hand binding. 1/2 done.
Jan 16: Finished the binding.

_ "Purple tulip quilt blocks were applique blocks started (and nearly completed) by my Aunt, Aletha Herzog Mays -- the oldest of my mother's sisters. A couple of years ago when my aunt was being moved into a nursing home, I was the lucky recipient of what she had started. I finished what little applique was not complete. Purples happen to be both my Aunt's and my favorite so I had the purple paisley fabric that worked perfectly for assembling the quilt top. Bettie Pharr, an excellent quilter and multitalented friend of mine in West Virginia beautifully custom quilted this for me. Linda Lovett very generously has put the hand turned binding on for me. So many hands have brought this all together and oh so beautifully. It will have a permanent home on the brass bed in my guest room." Joan Taylor