Sunflansy

Created for Project Quilting 9.4 Mellow Yellow challenge.

When I saw the Mellow Yellow theme for this challenge, I immediately thought of sunflowers.  And I'm still doing string quilts, so I figured some string blocks inspired by sunflowers would fit the ticket.

So I cut 6" x 9" rectangles of foundation fabric and made string blocks using yellows. I cut center squares in brown and added green leaves, then put the squares together to make blocks.

Now I could see my mistake. Sunflowers have petals that come out from the center, but I had oriented my blocks so the petals went around. I could rip them out or I could adjust my concept. If only I'd changed the center squares to purple, I could have said they were pansies. Oh, well.  I'll just call them Sunflansies and we're good to go...

Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI.

14" x 42".

Home of the Brave

Created for Project Quilting 9.3 Bold and Brave challenge.

For the Bold and Brave challenge, I wanted to honor the service men and women who sacrifice so much for our country.  My husband is a veteran and it's very common for people to thank him for his service. This is much different than when he was coming home from Vietnam and was advised to change into his civilian clothes in Hawaii.

I'm still working with string quilts, so I made red and white string blocks, then added blue triangles to one corner of each to make mini flags.

Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI.

18" x 36"