Got Quilts?

That is the question that Kalita asked me a few weeks ago. She is on a committee that is putting together some kind of event for Holladay (I think it is called "Holladaze") and part of that event is a quilt show. The answer to her question is YES, I've got quilts; how many do you want?! We settled on these two. The first one is one of my most recently finished quilts. I began it as a class last September to learn a new technique for machine applique. I have to say that I really love the technique. Any kind of applique, whether hand or machine is time consuming but once the individual pieces were prepared, it was super fast to sew them to the background. All the fan shapes with the flowers were appliqued; the stars were pieced (by machine). It was quilted by machine by a friend of mine. I still need to come up with a title for it. The second quilt is called "Think of the Pioneers". I made this quilt in 2001. It is from a quilt pattern designed by Jodi Warner. It was a lot of fun to do because of all the different blocks and techniques. There is hand applique, machine piecing, paper foundation piecing and it is dimentional (the butterfly wings are not stitched down). I did hand quilt this one. I love all the symbols that represent Brigham Young and the pioneers and their trek into the Salt Lake valley in July 1847 -- the sego lily, the beehive, the honey bee, the covered wagons, the log cabin blocks and of course, Brigham Young proclaiming "This is the Place". When I was growing up and my dad would give us children some kind of chore to do like load the dishwasher or mow the lawn or clean the bathroom and when we would complain he would always answer with ... "think of the pioneers; they would loved to have had a dishwasher or a lawn mower ..." So if you are in the area, stop by the former Holladay Elementary school on about 4600 S 2300 E (where, by the way, I did attend from K-6th grades) on Saturday, June 9th from noon to 4 or 5 pm. Karol Jean and Kalita will have quilts in the show as well.