Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Broken Pottery

I finished my little broken dishes blocks, and sewed up this little quilt.  It is hard to decide what to name it...so I decided on Broken Pottery for lack of a better name.  The blocks are finished at 3inches, so the quilt measures out at about 24 inches square. I machine quilted it with a cross-hatch  and put a vine in the border.  It does not show up at all, but I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.  Sometimes it is fun to just start sewing blocks with no idea of what I will do with them...play time!
And the quilt below is a better picture of the quilt on my dining room wall....Starry Night from Jo Morton's book Hearthside Stars.  This was a project at a quilt retreat a few years ago.  Perfect for fall decorating!


On Friday, I am off to Des Moines to the AQS show.  Anyone else going?  It would be fun to meet up!
Looks like another beautiful fall day...enjoy!
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10 comments:

Shakerwood said...

You know, I think I have more trouble coming up with a name than I do with the fabrics! I am usually so thrilled with a finish, I think I have to come up with some profound name to equal the excitement of finishing. Maybe I need to rethink that. Whatever you call it, it looks wonderful!

antique quilter said...

love the broken dishes little quilt
thats one of my favorite blocks!
thanks for sharing it with us!
have fun at the show!
make sure you tell us all about it!
Kathie

Sinta Renee said...

I love both of your quilts... they are adorable!

Lee Prairie Designs said...

Oh Sharon, So looking forward to meeting you at the ASQ show. I will be there in the F & P booth 8:30 till 12:30 and I will not be wearing the hat you saw on my blog. I wouldn't want to embarass you or anybody---:(

It's a great show 197 vendors are there it goes on forever! Wear comfy shoes. I will be looking for you.

Love your little quilts you made those are the prints and colors I love. You will see lots of this type of look at the show. Till Friday--- have a wonderful drive---the trees are starting to do there thing! Hugs, Carolyn

vivian said...

Those quilts are wonderful! You do such pretty work.
Jane

Carol said...

Love your little broken dishes quilt..the name is great...and your Jo Morton is a favorite of mine...it's been on my list for a long time. Have tons of fun at the show.

Wendy said...

That's a good name for your new little quilt. I love the bigger quilt, it gave me an idea for another quilt.

Lori said...

I'm terrible with "naming" quilts but broken pottery is cute!
Have fun at the show!

Karen said...

Enjoy the show!!
This (and your last post) were just wonderful. I love the fall and boy did these put me in the mood.
Love the broken dishes quilt. I just finished a swap of 4" BD blocks and can't wait to find time to throw them on the design wall and play with making my own little quilt!!

Juliann said...

I love that little broken dishes quilt. That is one of the patterns on my someday list.