Welcome to My House!
Carol of Just Let Me Quilt planned and hosted this wonderful blog hop and today is my day to show you what I've created!
My home is my sanctuary. I started working when I was 16 and for 40+ years I worked outside my home. Now that I am retired, I enjoy doing all the little things I missed. I'm not talking about mopping or laundry! I'm talking about sleeping until I wake up naturally, watching a movie all the way through, taking my time cooking a meal, and decorating the house to the max for the holidays. Simple things, but they mean a lot.
So when Carol suggested we create something that featured a house, I jumped at the chance!
A couple of years ago I bought and made Anni Downs' (Hatched & Patched) quilt Gossip in the Garden. I love how embroidery looks in a quilt. So to pay homage to my feelings for home, I decided to emulate her technique.
First I draw my design, transfer it to a cotton square, and then embroider it.
Although I used a lot of my scraps for the blocks surrounding the embroidered blocks, the main fabric used was Freshly Picked from Wilmington Prints. There is no pattern for this quilt as I made it up as I went.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing my quilt. It truly was a labor of love. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you love best about being home.
Thank you again, Carol, for coming up with such a wonderful idea for a hop. This has been great fun!
Now go see what beautiful creations my talented fellow bloggers have made!
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