This year was the 40th Anniversary of my quilt guild – The Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild. The theme of our quilt show was, 40 Years of Quilted Creations.
I entered 10 pieces in the quilt show.
40 Years of Quilted Creations
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Monthly Archives: October 2025
Floral Chain
This is a project that I started on December 26, 2009 with my good friend, Linda J. The center if this quilt was completed quite quickly and then progress stopped at attaching the borders. With the help of “I Love Lucy” reruns, I finally attached the borders a year later. I used to think I got stuck at the attachment of the borders but clearly it is the quilting part of quilt construction that stops me because this top sat in the flimsy pile for 15 years before I managed to get it quilted and bound in 2025.
After finishing this quilt to the flimsy stage, I asked my husband if he liked this one. He first asked if it was for him. Why is it when you are looking for feedback, they want to know if it is for them? I told him it could be for our bed and then yes, it would be for him and me…..but that was not really answering the question. Then he replied that he wasn’t sure he liked yellow and green together? I asked him if he didn’t think this quilt looked summery. I am not sure I totally heard the answer, nor did I ask him to repeat it. My daughter came by and told me that she likes it. Mental note to self…..don’t ask husband for opinions on my quilts….stick with daughter’s opinions!
The border fabric is a Hoffman print that has been aging in my stash for quite some time–just waiting for this project to come along.
Quilt Pattern: Daisy Chain by Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs.
Quilt Size: 84″ x 106″.
Quilted by me on my long arm using the Swirls quilt design.
Birds of a Feather Quilt Together
This year’s theme for our guild’s quilt show challenge was, “Birds of a Feather Quilt Together”.
The challenge rules consisted of:
- Create a bird using any style you prefer
- Use some or all of the ruby fabric provided
- Use some or all of the beads provided
- The number 40 must appear in your quilt
- Perimeter not to exceed 80”
When I saw the April block from the pattern collection called, 2025 Year Of Sewing Machines, I knew I had found the perfect pattern to fit the parameters of the guild challenge, Birds of a Feather, Quilt Together.
The quilt pattern depicts a Singer Featherweight sewing machine piecing a bird block. Since I have a Featherweight, this seemed to be the perfect pattern for me. I have surrounded my quilt with beads on the bumps of the rick rack trim on the outside border of my quilt and I have used the ruby red fabric provided in the challenge for the body of my bird and the outer border. The number 40 appears on the faceplate of my machine as, 40 Years 1985 to 2025, which is a tribute to the 40th Anniversary of our guild. The silver alphabet beads stitched to the body of the quilt spell out, “Birds of a Feather Quilt Together”.
