Vanilla Beauty

Created for QQ2020 Q.5 Trish challenge.

I met Trish when I joined the Lodi Valley Quilters Guild. She and my daughter-in-law, Kim, discovered very quickly that they were meant to be quilt sisters. So, when a group of friends got together to sew in Poymette, Kim and Trish joined us. This must have been early in 2013. At that time, I was teaching every November at the Quilts by Barb Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend run by my sister, Barb Raisbeck, and our project for 2013 was the Squarey Quilt.

 Trish was working on her Vanilla Quilt that day. As she was laying it out on the floor, I thought, "Hmmmm, that's a Squarey Quilt." I know I took a picture of it, but it must have been lost when my old computer bit the dust. Trish's quilt was made with rectangles instead of squares, but definitely the same idea. So, I decided to make a vanilla quilt for this challenge. This is definitely out of my wheelhouse. I'm into lots of color and lots of fabrics. But a vanilla quilt is made of vanilla fabrics. And it needed to be a New York Beauty because that's what I'm doing right now. So, I put in as many different fabrics as I could find a place for and added one chocolate fabric because Trish did in hers. I would have put it closeer to the center, but I forgot until I was almost done. Oh, well.

This will go to my daughter-in-law, Kim, for her master bedroom even if it was made in honor of Trish.

Created by Diane Lapacek, while looking forward to getting her real life back after quarantining in rural Poynette, WI.
4 1/2" square.

Happy Birthday, Trish!!!

Spotted Beauty.

Created for PQQ2020 Q.4 Spots challenge.

Since I've now become obsessed with New York Beauty blocks, this was a no-brainer for me. I pulled out a few of my "spots" fabrics and created this little quilt. It will go to my daughter-in-law, Kim, to add to the collection of 4 1/2 " square quilts she is hanging in her bedroom.

Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI.
4 1/2" square

Poynette Beauty

Created for Project Quilting Quarantine 2020 Q.3 Vintage challenge.

So, as I completed PQQ2020 Q.2. Floral challenge, I commented that my luck would be that the next challenge would be something upcycled. No, the next challenge is Vintage. HMMMMM..... I used vintage linens as part of the last challenge. OK. I guess we'll use them again. I have plenty of hand dyed vintage linens. And some of them need to be cut up, because they are not in good enough condition to be used for their original purpose.

I went looking for a simple block pattern to make a 4 1/2" mini quilt, since my daughter-in-law, Kim, (yes, the creator ot Project Quilting Kim) has decided mini quilts is just what she's needs in her newly painted bedroom. Hey, I can complete my challenge and win some Brownie points with my DIL. Everyone always need those.

So, I thought, find a simple block. But,last week, I started making a New York Beauty quilt. I've been possessed by string quilts for more than 2 years. And last week, I had to make a New York Beauty. New obsession. When it's time, it's time. Vintage linens and tiny paper piecing. Probably not a good idea, but, hey, how do you know that before you try.

So, I made this tiny New York Beauty block. Not simple, but worth it. 

Created by Diane Lapacek while quarantining in rural Poynette, WI. 

4 1/2" x 4 1/2"