There's a definitely an anticipated thrill when revealing the
quilt I designed for the What's Good for the Gal, is Good for
the Guy challenge.
Although I've never met the recipient of the quilt before the
quilt was done, the few details of her likes which include
things that are vintage, rustic and countryside scenery. She is
studying architecture and is highly creative. She would love to
live in a real functioning tree house, or a house in the forest.
Hmmm – I was getting a recurring theme here – houses! I also
thought about some of the other requests – no traditional
borders, try to highlight the theme fabric. That was a lot of
information to decipher and come up with something creative.
I wanted to get a picture of the quilt at an abandoned house
and this is the only house I knew of that was close by. So yes
– there I am on the corner of a very busy intersection wandering around with camera and quilt in hand trying to find some
good shots.
The pocket – a great place to put a note (or in this cases, pictures)
Thank you for following along
during my designing, quilting
and my many musings in the
creation of this exciting quilt!
I hope I've inspired you to
quilt outside the box and
most especially, to tailor the
quilt design to the recipient to
experience absolute success!
- Elaine Theriault
You know – you've seen people doing weird things on the
side of the road and you think "what the heck are they doing?"
Now you know – it usually isn't mindless wandering – there's
usually a good reason. But this is a gorgeous house and I'd
love to see the inside. Alas the big NO TRESPASSING sign on
what used to be the front door was enough to deter me and
get those pictures taken quickly.
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