These blocks are back on my design wall. I blogged about them here and explained a little about the project. Yes, this is the picture from then. I decided how I was going to lay them out and took the blocks down before I thought to take a new picture. Our blockswappers group usually meets in July to reveal how we put our blocks together, so I decided I better get something done with my blocks!! I'm thinking my quilt this year is going to be quite simple. Some years I have taken my exchange blocks and really gotten creative with my layout and quilting, but not this year. Time is definately a factor in this decision, as well as lack of inspiration this time around. I know when we have our reveal of our group of twelve quilts, I'll probably wish I had gone with another idea, but for now I will be content with my layout. I'm afraid this will be the last time you see this project until the reveal because I don't want others in the group to see my quilt on the blog. Not because my quilt is particularly special but because the reveal is always more fun when it is the first time we have seen each others projects completed.
In other news, I did get to go to St. Cloud to the Minnesota Quilters State Show on Saturday. 
I shared about this quilt in my last blog post. I said I would get a picture of me with the quilt and the best of show ribbon and here it is! A client of mine did the phenominal designing and piecing of this quilt and I quilted it. She entered it in the two person small quilt category and it received Best of Show!
I told Mr. Plum that I really wanted to go to the show and he said he would love to take me! Since today is our 30th wedding anniversary today, we decided to stay over nite to celebrate. After spending time at the quilt show until it was about to close, we spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday just poking around St. Cloud and then the Twin Cities area. It was fun and relaxing, we should do it more often. I may have enjoyed it a little more than Mr. Plum. He was afraid that he was going to be the only guy at the quilt show(he wasn't, of course, but he was quite outnumbered!) What a great guy for going with me, I think I'll keep him around for another 30 years or so!
Tracy
very very pretty Best in show Quilt. I hope to be able to quilt like that someday.
I think sometimes we get so caught up in trying to make "more" on our quilts that when we have exchanges with my friends we get a little,hmmm, competitive. Less is more quite often especially with samplers and I am sure your quilt will be exquisite--even if it is simpler. :)
Posted by: Vicki | 06/21/2010 at 07:02 PM
What a beautiful quilt. I really like the blocks in your quilt also. I'm sure it will be wonderful when you are done. I have hopes that someday I will be able to quilt even alittle bit with my machine. Tell you husband that he is not alone in going to quilt shows. My husband has been to quite a few and has even made a denim quilt of his own. He is a carpenter, so he says it is just like planning a building. Everything has to fit together just right.
Posted by: Bonnie | 06/22/2010 at 02:46 PM
Hello,
This past week I had quilt club and there were three different versions of the island sunrise quilt. I thought it was pretty neat to see a pattern that i'd seen elsewhere. I think the first one jolyn did was probably my favorite out of all that i've seen.
We also finally have a man who joined the group. Needless to say, he got a lot of attention from the ladies :)
Posted by: nicole | 07/11/2010 at 09:25 PM