Luscious Lane

Created for Project Quilting 10.2 Red, White and Blue Challenge

I had a crazy busy week planned, so I knew I had no time to procrastinate on the red, white and blue challenge. Strings are an easy go to for me so I made some red, white and blue string blocks and put them together to create a table runner with diagonal lines. I decided it was OK, but would be way more fun if I added some raw edge applique circles. 

I named it Luscious Lane because I thought it had the look of a Drunkard's Path.

14" x 36".
Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI.

New Day of Hope

Created for Project Quilting 10.1 Hope Springs Eternal Challenge.

As I pondered the Hope Springs Eternal challenge, 2 themes kept running through my head.  Sunrise and Spring Flowers. Thursday morning I still hadn't made a decision when I saw this view from my deck.

I took it as a sign. Decision made.  Every new day signals a new beginning and new hope. Note the swimming pool in the lower left? I'm hoping for lots of fun swimming there with my grandkids this coming summer. And the other little structure down in the lower right? The orchard goats are hoping to use that as a shelter on their summer vacation at our house.

Enough rambling. Back to the challenge. I found a sunrise fabric that I dyed a couple of years back, added an appliqued sun and black for the horizon. I quilted some rays from the rising sun, then created a tree using fibers.

Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI. 28"x12".