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Spring Quilt Festival: My Entry

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Scarlett's Kennel Club quilt

Scarlett's Kennel Club quilt

This is my entry for Park City Girls first annual Online Spring Quilt Festival. Go here to see all entries. Time is running out (festival closes April 24th), so hurry and enter your own favorite quilt, I want to see it and hear the story behind it. 

The story of this quilt. I seem destined to make quilts for those who have had house fires. The Kennel Club quilt was my second fire quilt, the first was for my twin sister Charlotte. It’s a nice one too, but sorry sis, not my favorite.  

I actually took vacation time to finish this quilt. Have you ever done that? I was a proud member of the Kennel Club. The Kennel Club was created for the members (all women) to just have fun, that was the sole purpose. Once a month, the host had to come up with a game, anything from horseshoes to video scavenger hunts. It was great. Well, during this time a club member’s house burned to the ground, I mean nothing could be salvaged.

So in response to this horrible event, I had Kennel club members meet me at a local quilt store (only one had quilting experience), and I asked them to pick out fabrics they liked. They also had to pick out a dog that represented them best. I created the block for the recipient since this was going to be a surprise. Can you find her block? Her last name is Butts and her dog is showing its behind.

Also, I had my longarm folks Jubilee Quilted Creations (no online presence) quilt flames in her square. She loved it! As an aside, this is the quilt I was thinking of when I wrote my bio for this blog.

If you like this quilt pattern (which I think is great for club projects) you can find it in Q is for Quilt, by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes.

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Comments

  2. This quilt is so happy! Bright and pretty….love the fact that it went to someone who had lost everything…lovely!

  3. LOVE it!

    I know I have weddings on the brain…But think of the possibilities for a wedding quilt! And putting the blocks together would make for a fun shower activity.

  8. I LOVE this. Puppies are the best. You might be interested in a group called Dogs on Thursday. You can find the link on my blog.
    Rachel

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