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The 2012 Opportunity Quilt, "Charmingly Southern,"
proved a popular fundraiser for GSQA, and several
folks have asked for the pattern so they can recreate its
beauty. The techniques include applique and paper
piecing, as well as construction of a traditional four
patch-nine patch block.
Directions for the blocks can be downloaded here.
Blue Garden Patch Block- make 24
Blue/Green Garden Patch- make 16
Nine Patch Four Patch- make 20
Bud Block- make 25
Estimated Yardage can be downloaded here.
Please note this is an estimate from EQ.
Download the complete EQ7 project here.
Directions for the blocks can be downloaded here.
Blue Garden Patch Block- make 24
Blue/Green Garden Patch- make 16
Nine Patch Four Patch- make 20
Bud Block- make 25
Estimated Yardage can be downloaded here.
Please note this is an estimate from EQ.
Download the complete EQ7 project here.
GSQA Member in the News
CONGRATULATIONS, SOLVEIG WELLS
Bay Oaks Quilt Guild, Diamondhead, MS
GSQA's own Solveig Wells, a snowbird from Canada, was recently recognized for a series of 55 quilts she made after Hurricane Katrina. The quilts were fashioned from her fabric which she found buried in the sand near her Bay St. Louis, MS cottage while walking her dog. Last winter at the Ricky Tims seminar in New Orleans, Solveig had lunch with Ricky and he heard her story. The result of that meeting is an article entitled, "A Wrinkle in Time," in the April 2013 issue of the prestigious national magazine The Quilt Life. The magazine is co-authored by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson under the auspices of the American Quilter's Society.
If your group is interested in a display of the Hurricane Katrina Quilts project you can contact Solveig. Our best wishes and congratulations to Solveig who knows indeed how to make lemonade out of lemons!
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Solveig Wells departed this life on March 22, 2013. Her demise was both shockingly swift and agonizingly slow.
Solveig's 55 quilts from Katrina fabric can be seen at katrinarecoveryquilts.org/. Solveig was a cherished member of the Bay Oaks Quilt Guild. Her oral history can be found at http://www.bayoaksquiltguild.com/uploads/Wells_Solveig_04-30-12_for_Diana.pdf.
"I think it was around the year 2003 or 2004 that I found the Bay Oaks Quilt Guild. I found a wonderful set of new friends who have, over time, become my new family, who I have learned from, and I have taught things to, and they have sustained me through illnesses or operations, trials
and tribulations, cancer and its consequences."
Knowing Solveig enriched our lives and showed us the blessings of friendship, mutual interests and fun together and perseverance through good times and bad. Life is better for having had her as our friend.
CONGRATULATIONS, SOLVEIG WELLS
Bay Oaks Quilt Guild, Diamondhead, MS
GSQA's own Solveig Wells, a snowbird from Canada, was recently recognized for a series of 55 quilts she made after Hurricane Katrina. The quilts were fashioned from her fabric which she found buried in the sand near her Bay St. Louis, MS cottage while walking her dog. Last winter at the Ricky Tims seminar in New Orleans, Solveig had lunch with Ricky and he heard her story. The result of that meeting is an article entitled, "A Wrinkle in Time," in the April 2013 issue of the prestigious national magazine The Quilt Life. The magazine is co-authored by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson under the auspices of the American Quilter's Society.
If your group is interested in a display of the Hurricane Katrina Quilts project you can contact Solveig. Our best wishes and congratulations to Solveig who knows indeed how to make lemonade out of lemons!
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Solveig Wells departed this life on March 22, 2013. Her demise was both shockingly swift and agonizingly slow.
Solveig's 55 quilts from Katrina fabric can be seen at katrinarecoveryquilts.org/. Solveig was a cherished member of the Bay Oaks Quilt Guild. Her oral history can be found at http://www.bayoaksquiltguild.com/uploads/Wells_Solveig_04-30-12_for_Diana.pdf.
"I think it was around the year 2003 or 2004 that I found the Bay Oaks Quilt Guild. I found a wonderful set of new friends who have, over time, become my new family, who I have learned from, and I have taught things to, and they have sustained me through illnesses or operations, trials
and tribulations, cancer and its consequences."
Knowing Solveig enriched our lives and showed us the blessings of friendship, mutual interests and fun together and perseverance through good times and bad. Life is better for having had her as our friend.
Instructions to Make 2012 Opportunity Quilt, Charmingly Southern