I'm starting off today with the same photo I showed yesterday and next is the inspiration quilt so you can see the look I am working toward.
This quilt was made by Liza Pryor Lucy and is in the 1997 Glorious Patchwork. This caught my eye when I first bought this book but I never made it because it looked like I would have to use solid color fabric to reproduce it. Then over the years I accumulated the Marcia Derse lines which are perfect for it. I am making mine one row longer and I'm contemplating using 2 rows of the squares around the perimeter.
I found two more blues to work into the project. I sewed some more rows of 6 squares for the 36 patch blocks but didn't get the blocks sewn.
While I'm staring at the design wall contemplating my next move I work on the hand sewing on the binding of the colorwash quilted earlier this month. I have 3 sides done now.
Happy Birthday to me! 81, can you believe it??
Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday dear Wanda
Happy birthday to you
Hope your birthday is FABULOUS!!!!!
Ps LOVING THIS QUILT
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy, happy birthday! May your day be filled with love and joy. Your quilting is an inspiration to so many.
ReplyDeleteKathy
Happy birthday, Wanda! Cheers to you today!
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog and seeing your wonderful quilts. Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! and every day as well'
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! Today's birthday makes me remember the awful scare you had with your heart. Every year since that episode has been a gift, hasn't it? I hope you have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!🎁🎂🎈
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Wanda! I hope your birthday is wonderful and I wish you many happy and healthy returns of the day!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Wanda! You are a great inspiration to me as I read your blog everyday with coffee and a smile. Thank you for faithful years of posting and gorgeous work.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Wanda! I hope you have a fabulous day.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Wanda! I look forward to your blog every morning, can’t wait to see what you have been up to in the studio and your yard. I have learnt so much from you over the years. Take care. Enjoy the day.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Wanda! You’ll always be older than me! Thank you for sharing your tremendous talents and wisdom with us!
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ReplyDeleteHappy, happy Birthday!!!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY, Wanda--and many more!! I hope you have a wonderful day/week haha make your b-day last for as long as you can, right???;D
ReplyDeleteI love the blue fabric and that lilac one is just lovely...this is coming together so well...you are so good as "seeing ahead" on your projects...
me, not so much.
Hope your Sunday is terrific hugs, Julierose
Happy Birthday, Wanda! Many happy returns! I will turn 80 in May, so I’m not far behind. I remember our group celebrating your 65th—seems not that long ago!
ReplyDeleteMary G from CA
Happy birthday, Wanda! Have a great day. Your progress may be slow (by your usual standard) but it's well worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteLots of best wishes coming your way; across the seas on your *special* day :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday - I can see why the photo in the book caught your eye - I love it - have a good day
ReplyDeleteBlessings on your birthday, Wanda!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! You are so productive. I want to be like you! Have a beautiful birthday and year!
ReplyDeleteHope your birthday is full of beauty, color, and love, Wanda! I'm positive you will find the beauty, wherever it may be, and use it for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is developing beautifully, and I enjoy seeing the process through your eyes and mind. Thank you, and here's to a healthy and happy year ahead!
Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day and have a healthy, happy year ahead!
ReplyDeleteI love watching your progress on this quilt! Thanks for sharing!!
Happy Birthday, Wanda. Am grateful for you, your inspiration to move outside my comfort zone and your indomitable spirit. I look forward to my daily dose of Wanda. Wishing you an abundance of joy, love and grace. Terre
ReplyDeleteEighty-one years YOUNG, that's you! Congratulations and more virtual hugs than I can fit into this comment. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Wanda!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Special Birthday to you. You are such an inspiration to all of us. Who could have imagined the 80s could be so much fun!
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Lynda
Happy birthday, Wanda. You were my first quilting teacher and some 30+ yrs. later you're still teaching me (us) many interesting things about color. I remember drafting patterns in one of your classes thinking...oh no! MORE math!!! My days start out reading your posts and looking at your beautiful quilts. Here's to our continued friendship and wishes for a very happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Wanda!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope that you have a super Happy Birthday, Wanda. Every day you gift us with your creativity so it is so natural to gift you with thanks for your ongoing blog. Thank you! By the way, eighty-one can be a very good year!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Wanda! Hope you have an enjoyable day.
ReplyDeleteHappy happy Birthday, you are catching up with me!😁
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! You're such an inspiration with your color expertise and I so enjoy following to see what you're working on.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Wanda. You are such an inspiration to so many of us on so many levels.
ReplyDeletePat
You sure are making it hard for me to continue ignoring Marcia Derse fabrics :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday - hope there's cake involved at least once today!
Happy birthday to a glorious lady who does glorious quilts.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Wanda! Thanks for your continuing inspiration. May you have many wonderful years ahead to continue your quilting passion.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday and best wishes (as well as my hopes) for many more years of exuberant color!
ReplyDeleteA very happy 81st. birthday Wanda, and may this year, and many years to come, be filled with good health, happiness and the love of all the people you touch every day, with your knowledge, and willingness to share with them.
ReplyDeleteHappy Happy Birthday, Wanda!!! You are an inspiration to us all.
ReplyDeleteI know you must be having a Happy Birthday with all the Birthday wishes coming in on your day. I’m saying ‘Dido’ to all of the above ! Sending Healthy wishes as well as happy ones too .
ReplyDeleteShowing your inspiration ‘Grid Lock’ from the magazine and seeing what you are creating with yours . . . .OMG ~ Yours is amazing, using prints instead of solids, has taken it to the next level of gorgeous !
JJM
A very Happy Birthday to you!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!! - ;))
ReplyDeleteWishing you all the best on our shared birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Altho I seldom comment, I look forward to your post every day! You are an inspiration -- in sewing and yard work!
ReplyDeleteSending huge b.d. hugs to you, Wanda! Keep making those gorgeous quilts, that is what is keeping you young, no doubt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the photo inspiration of your Gridwork quilt. Liz in Houston
Hope your day has been totally joyful! The years do go by but you wear them well. Thanks for being such a creative inspiration with your words and your work!
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Happy birthday,xxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Wanda! You are such an inspiration. I can only hope to be half as energetic as you even now.
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday. I love your posts. You are sew creative - inside & outside!
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