Quilts

I wish this were mine

March 26, 2013 / 56 Comments

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!

 

Dear jane

Dear Jane 2

Dear Jane 3

Border Close-up

We laid it out on the floor so I could try and get a full photo…

Dear Jane 5

…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!

Chelsea and Bitsy 1

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.

Chelsea and Bitsy

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

56 Comments

  • Cassie

    March 27, 2013 at 4:33 am Reply

    Oh, what a beautiful work of art! In awe at that hand quilting! What an inspiration… thanks Anne for sharing. Love your curious little workers checking out the quilt. I have a similar story: My sister was getting ready for an art show last year. She was so excited to show my son and me her most recent works (lying on the floor drying in the center of her studio). We walked into the studio and my son walked right onto one of the pieces! Rather than pass out from shock, my sister actually liked the interesting textures his footprints added to the piece and sold it that way! Thank goodness for small graces!

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