Flower Talk - Hoffman Quilt

Flower Talk (Pick Me I'm Cute) 25" x 25" 2010

My 2010 Hoffman Challenge quilt--flower talk. It was picked to be part of the Hoffman Challenge traveling collection (my sister Donna's feathered star is also part of the collection). The challenge fabric is the blue floral used in the 4 blocks without letters.

It is an original design, inspired by a field of purple coneflowers all asking to be picked ... flower humor. Part of my serious of "word play" quilts--quilts that have something to say. A whimsical approach to quilting. Started for the 2009 challenge (brown paisley-see middle line of last E) --I kept the pink and brown centers and then reworked the next row adding blues and keeping the greens. I finished off with more pink and a funky dragonfly border. It was a design I really liked and it felt good to make it work.

Letters were paperpieced from my patterns. Machine pieced and then embroider/quilted in one step with Sulky thread. 2 batts- 80/20 cotton/polyester and 50/50 cotton/bamboo.

Peacock Incognito

Peacock Incognito 28 x 25 2008 Donna Starley

My sister Donna's 2008 Hoffman Challenge quilt which won 3rd place award in the pieced category- woo hoo. She paired small pieces of the giant peacock challenge fabric with metallic orientals in a flying geese drunkard's path variation (paper pieced). The hidden peacock parts inspired the title. This is her 2nd Hoffman entry. Congratulations from her very proud sister.

I have also entered the Hoffman Challenge twice (all four of our entries have been part of the traveling collections). And speaking of sisters click here to see my Quilting Sisters challenge quilt.

Quilting Sisters

Quilting Sisters Stitched Together with Love. Made for Hoffman Challenge 2003 and toured for year. Shown as special exhibit in Houston. Awarded 2006 Honorable mention at National Quilting Association NQA show. My sister (blonde) and I doing our favorite things: visiting and sewing. Hand applique and hand quilted. I had great fun picking out buttons, charms, scrap booking items, to embellish it. I used doll hair for our hair and my sister is wearing a necklace that she'd made mom about 35 years earlier- a perfect match.