Welcome to My House!
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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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