Quilts, Quilts, and more Quilts!

Awhile ago when I was visiting with my friend Marliss, we were talking about gardening - she mentioned that her neighbor had received an award for the most beautiful yard in their city - then she mentioned that this same neighbor was a quilter. Well, with a combination like that I couldn't resist asking her if she could get me an invite to go see all the goodies. Last night was the night. Melanie's home is beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and seeing her quilts - I'll let them speak for themselves....... Her father made all her shelves and quilt racks -




Melanie used a Buggy Barn pattern to make this quilt top that she uses for a curtain on her sliding glass door - so clever! And she made a matching valance for over the sink - I love it!


And this is the only wool project that she had - she bought it as a kit at a local quilt store and did a great job on it - I love that the hanger matches perfectly with the star motif. The spirals are needle felted with wool roving. We tried to talk her into becoming a rug hooker so she could work with wool more often - maybe we planted a seed......