Run, don't walk down the unbeaten path!
I was fortunate enough to go to TWO quilt shows last week...opening day at the AQS Quilt Show in Chattanooga (some pictures posted previously) and the Harvest of Quilts put on by the Tishomingo County, MS Needlechasers Quilt Guild in Iuka, MS. This first quilt, "Ruth's Rose Garden," made by Dorothy Dailey of Burnsville, MS. totally stole my heart!!! She was inspired by Rose Kretsinger's "Paradise Garden." It is beautifully hand appliqued and hand quilted. And the color palette is right up my alley! Don't you just love the fabric used for the grapes/muscadines? They were fussy cut in a way that added that perfect, realistic sheen of shiny fruit. My new friend and expert quilter from Huntsville, AL, Barbara Black, was the judge and teacher for the show (click here to see her blog post about the show and more quilt pictures). She told me about the event or I never would have heard anything about it, which is sad because the event and the group are o...