Tammy's Rainbow--
That's MSM ("My Sainted Mother" and me holding up the quilt. Mama had this pattern she wanted to make -- "Jacks' Chain". GREAT. We decided to make TWO. We'd each make enough 9-patches for a quilt, and she'd give me half of hers, and I'd give her half of mine. We did that (although I finished mine first).

I cut the snowballs and the set-together triangles, and took the 9-patches, snowballs and triangles to a retreat. Had NO problem putting the "wheels" together. Took those to the next retreat to put the top together, and I started to cuss. After about 3 hours, it occurred to me that this was NOT fun, when I was frustrated, angry, and swearing.

Mama took it and finished the top. I machine-quilted it, using my sorta-self-taught "Harriet" technique (and Mama's Bernina).

This one went to be adorable daughter-in-law Tammy (who understandably wasn't wild about the DARK "Aurora Borealis" which was ostensibly Mark and Tam's wedding present, but is really Mark's quilt — so, "Aurora" is their "winter" quilt, and "Rainbow" is their "summer" quilt).

Oh. The pretzel atop the unquilted top is Slick, one of my Quilt Inspectors. Slick is clearly pronouncing this one a GOOD quilt.



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