Ages ago I wrote a post about a secret project I was invited to take part in. The post included a photo that showed nothing really...
Parcel disguised as some 'Show and Tell'...
Shez on the left, admiring her new quilt. Holding the quilt on the right is Michelle and Karen is just behind the quilt.
It is an amazing quilt; each block is so unique and all were stitched with love for our special friend Shez!
But I did include a photo of the thread I was using...lovely Cottage Garden Pansy...
I can now reveal that myself and a heap of other bloggers from both Australia and overseas were making blocks for a quilt to celebrate Sheryl Scholte's ( Shez) 60th birthday. Fiona from Bubz Rugz was the organiser and Fee chose the Polaroid Block for the design. ( Shez loves taking photos so this choice was very apt. )
Here's my block...the border around the 5 inch square is white...the greenish tinge is from the ruler the block is sitting on.
All the blocks were posted to Fiona, who took on the huge task of joining all the blocks and then quilting it. Backing, sashing and wadding were donated by some lovely ladies in this group. Communication during the project was via a closed Facebook group...we were so sneaky!
From Fiona, the quilt was passed on to Michelle Ridgeway who did the binding and then delivered the completed quilt to Shez in person. And that handover was today. We were able to watch via a live stream set up by Karen Saw...clever girl!!!
I've brazenly stolen photos from the Facebook site so you can see the quilt at the various stages...
Flimsy...
Pinned ready for quilting.
A closeup of the quilting...
Closeup of the binding...
The label made by Michelle...
Wrapped up...
