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Blue and yellow quilt tops pic

16 years ago

These are two Blue and yellow tops I have made. The bl.yellow and white one I just finished tonight, have to sandwich and back soon. Plan on giving it to my neigbors who are selling their home and moving after 44 yrs.

The other one is one of my UFO's.

Jayne

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fran1523
16 years ago
Ooh nice. I never get tired of blue and yellow. That's such a nice gesture for your neighbors. They must have been good ones.
coalaska
16 years ago
Jayne, they are both beautiful! Love the movement in the second one.

Cheryl
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Well Linda, Thx much for explaining, guess I'm recognizing the genie of the kindred spirit of hand dyes. In my late teens I got into making batiks & hand dying. Later went on to textile school & continued w/ dying, some batik & silkscreening. You bet it's addictive! I had to give it up after leaving the home my folks owned (our property, so it didn't matter if I got dyes on my laundry room studio's concrete floor). I poured my leftover Perclyethlorene (dry cleaning fluid aka Perk, used to remove left over batik wax, down the slop sink, poured out leftover dyestuffs on the back lawn, not too eco-friendly was I). I gave up dying & batiking after moving into rented homes w/ mostly white sinks & fixtures. I fell back into textiles abt 10 years later after I found quilting, as I needed to get my hands back in fabrics again, someway, somehow. Oh, to thrill vicariously thru your beautiful works -- those colors of the last pic of yr. fabrics look great -- I like their intensity -- congratulations to you on such superb work!!
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damascusannie
16 years ago
Beautiful! The first one reminds me of one I made for my daughter a few years ago. I love blue and yellow, too.

Annie
geezerfolks_SharonG_FL
16 years ago
Good job on both of them, Jayne. I always give a sigh of relief when I put in the last stitch on a UFO top. @:)

SharonG/FL
marty_mo
16 years ago
Both are great ~ nice job.

Marty
polardream
16 years ago
Ohh... I love them both! Great job.
Sue
cygram
16 years ago
Blue and yellow are one of my favorite color combinations! I love both of your quilts.Lucky neighbors!
laurainsdca
16 years ago
GORGEOUS! I particularly love the second one, but they're both gorgeous. Blue and yellow is a great color combo!
redpenny
16 years ago
Beautiful!
deannabsd
16 years ago
Just lovely,
Those are two of my favorite colors as they were my college colors. The only thing I have made of those colors was a giant throw for my DD that was yellow bandanas and blue bandanas. Pretty easy.

How long have you known your neighbors? That is a long time in one house. Deanna
kathi_mdgd
16 years ago
Goreous.
Kathi
vicky4x4
16 years ago
Two are great but I like the first one. It's a lot like what I asked for my birthday blocks blue and yellow with wow background.

So sorry you're loosing your neighbors.

Vicky
scootersgirl
16 years ago
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh!
grandmaquilts
16 years ago
Wonderful work - I love blue and yellow
day2day
16 years ago
Both are wonderful. My favorite is the first one. I especially like the borders.Great job.
~Geraldine
cannahavana
16 years ago
I too love the border on the first one. At first, I thought they were prairie points. The second top is gorgeous!

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love2sew
16 years ago
Those are both very lovely quilts. I love the diamond border on the first one and some very unique blocks and the second one is a beautiful design so they are each very special. Excellent job.
Jean
nanajayne
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you everyone. The first quilt is from an old 1993 book of Eleanor Burns called "Pioneer Sampler". I did the Bl& Yellow swap and decided to see what I could do with them and my stash. The boarder is seminole patchwork which was fun to do. I don't remember the name of the second one as it has been around for awhile.
As to my neighbors; I have know them for as long as they have lived there. We have been here for 57 !/2 years amd yes they are good neighbors and we will miss them terribly.
Jayne
suellen_delawares
16 years ago
Beautiful. If your neighbors don't want it can I have it?

Suellen
biwako_of_abi
16 years ago
They're charming. Blue and yellow look so good together.
judylee59
16 years ago
Beautiful!! I love blue and yellow. Thanks for sharing- JudyLee
susan_on
16 years ago
Just beautiful! I like them both but I especially like the second one. I love the border on the first one though. Was it hard to do?
nanajayne
Original Author
16 years ago
The seminole patchwork was easier then I expected and fit the first time without having to manipulate the seams. BUT when I went to sandwich it today I had to admit what I know all along, the out side boader was wrong. I cheated and didn't do the meassuring the way I know to do so I ripped it out and did it correctly. It never pays to rush things. I guess I thought that because the inner boarder when on so easily that I could take a short cut. WRONG!!
Lesson learned. I like the second one better, also.Jayne

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