I wish this were mine
My friend Nancy (she does most of the piecing for Bunny Hill) brought over her Dear Jane quilt this week to share with us. She’s an excellent quilter so we knew we were in for a treat.
It took her a little over 4 years to complete all the blocks and assemble the quilt. She sent the quilt to Ohio to be hand quilted by an Amish quilter, and she just got it back last weekend. The quilt has over 200 blocks and each block is quilted with a different pattern. I could look at this quilt for days and never see enough. These photos can’t begin to capture its beauty!
We laid it out on the floor so I could try and get a full photo…
…and two of our Bunny Hill workers got right onto the center of the quilt. You’d think they’d know better. I just couldn’t believe it!
Each one blamed the other when I told them to get OFF the quilt. I think one of them looked a bit more guilty than the other.
Nancy didn’t mind and I was so relieved. Geeez…I’m going to have to put these workers through some training. They need to wear white gloves when touching a quilt like this.
It’s an amazing quilt and it’s going to Vermont this summer for a show. I’ll let you know when I get more information on the show, just in case you’re in the area.
Anne
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Anne Beale
Oh My God, I apologise to the extremely talented Amish quilters, I mean no disrespect to God but
my God those beautiful,even tiny stitches one would never be able to replicate that stitching ever!
Not to mention how exquiste those blocks are.
I feel like Wayne and Garth in front of Alice Cooper, we’re not worthy.
Bitsy and Chelsea just wanted to have a closer look at those truely stunning blocks.
Cheers to you Anne and Nancy for a sharing such a wonderful quilt.
Anne Beale
ina
Dear Nancy, your Dear Jane Stickley quilt is to DIE for! ;p
anne, i’m sure their little paws were clean. ;p
Judith
Beautiful! I was wondering what the batting is? Could it be a double layer? It looks so thick with the hand quilting. Thanks