New England Quilt Musem

I was fortunate to be able to visit the New England Quilt Museum in 2022 and 2023. Lowell, MA is a town with so much history. The west coast is young and I do appreciate the differences in areas of the USA. The above photo is now apartments but used to be a fabric mill.

The New England Quilt Museum is in a wonderful historic building. 

Lowell, MA

Beginning September 12 and running through December 30 the special exhibit will be

Marston Retrospective Exhibit

I am honored to have 2 quilts in this exhibit, both started in a class with Gwen Marston in Sisters, Oregon. 

The quilts were required to have hanging sleeves, so I had to do a little mandatory boring sewing. haha

When attaching the sleeve on a completed quilt it is important to not go through all layers. 

The quilts are packed up and ready to go across the country! Maybe I'll get see this exhibit in person. 

It has been a great week,. I got out to hike with my son very early before it warmed up- it was lovely. 

I did get some strange bug bites on my ankles the day before our hike We normally do not have mosquitos so I'm not sure what it is from. My ankles are so swollen and itchy! It is really awful. I've resorted to taking some benadryl. It is super annoying!

I hope you all are doing wonderful!

Coming up soon: A giveaway and my yearly quiltalong.

 

ABC Sampler

My applique is getting more primitive the more I do! 

  This is M- for Mother. There was a lot I didn't like about this one, but when it is all assembled it won't matter much. 

I appliqued the heart block and added it to the K-L-Q-R section. One one of the samples I'm using for a guide it has the alphabet stitched in here and one was plain- I went for the plain one! I can add the year and my initials later.
Getting it all to fit is a real hit or miss challenge.

See Karen's version HERE. 

Have a fantastic Wednesday!