My sister Joyce did something I find to be pretty incredible. On Saturday she asked if I wanted to make a trip to Herington with her. I thought we were going to pick up something for Bill, but on the way she told me she had ordered herself a barn block. We discussed different patterns. I told her I would probably go with a Carpenter's Wheel. At that point she probably avoided telling me her choice.
When we got to our destination the husband of the lady who made the blocks invited us into the garage to pick them up. I know that my eyes got as big as saucers. I know that I shed more than one tear. And I know that I said in a very loud voice - that's my quilt. And it was.
My sister chose my block design from the quilt I made mom. It's also the quilt that Quiltmaker Magazine published on their blog as a block of the month.
The barn blocks were made by a lady named Julie Keithline. Didn't she do a fantastic job. I'm glad she added all of the other colors in the string pieced area. It will make each of them more visible up on a wall. Joyce let me have first pick. I chose the block on the top left. I like the red and yellow. Another thing that Julie Keithline did was use the original colors in the centers of the blocks. She put so much detail in using different methods to make it really look like different fabrics. Uunfortunately, she wasn't at home when we picked up the blocks. I would have loved to talk to her. Her husband did say that she had been interviewed for a magazine and that these were the blocks she was working on at the time. So I'll be on the lookout for them to be published somewhere.
Thank you sister. What a gift.
Julie
When we got to our destination the husband of the lady who made the blocks invited us into the garage to pick them up. I know that my eyes got as big as saucers. I know that I shed more than one tear. And I know that I said in a very loud voice - that's my quilt. And it was.
My sister chose my block design from the quilt I made mom. It's also the quilt that Quiltmaker Magazine published on their blog as a block of the month.
The barn blocks were made by a lady named Julie Keithline. Didn't she do a fantastic job. I'm glad she added all of the other colors in the string pieced area. It will make each of them more visible up on a wall. Joyce let me have first pick. I chose the block on the top left. I like the red and yellow. Another thing that Julie Keithline did was use the original colors in the centers of the blocks. She put so much detail in using different methods to make it really look like different fabrics. Uunfortunately, she wasn't at home when we picked up the blocks. I would have loved to talk to her. Her husband did say that she had been interviewed for a magazine and that these were the blocks she was working on at the time. So I'll be on the lookout for them to be published somewhere.
Thank you sister. What a gift.
Julie
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