I finally took the Christmas tree down. It's January 18th.
It seems to take longer and longer each year. I'm not sure if we're loving the winter lights more or just dreading the effort. But Mike and I enjoy the lights of Christmas for as long as we can.
In its place I'll put back my quilting display rack, an Amish-inspired wide ladder I purchased four years ago. On this quilt rack I’ll hang the retirement gift from my workmates at Oceanside Public Library—an album quilt. Machine made of red and green fabrics, it has white squares of fabric strategically placed that hold photographs of the years I worked there. I cherish this gift.
About the same size, that of a lap blanket, is the Irish quilt I made my husband Michael. Featuring the three colors of the Irish flag, it's a double sided quilt with two different renderings of the flag. The colors are green, white and orange in case you didn’t know.
And I'll display my Greek quilt, a king sized mosaic of a photo I found that depicts a typical Greek island community. We visited Poros Island once, and the white homes arrayed against the aqua blue sea caught my creative imagination. The quilt is constructed of hundreds of two inch squares, just like a mosaic.
I also still have the sunflower quilt I’ve made for my granddaughter. I call this one Sunny’s Sunflowers after her current dog. I'll give it to her when she's older, as she already has her childhood quilt from me.
To see these quilts and the others I've done just follow the Blink to Barbara’s Quilts.
