It's been quite a while since I blogged about the quilt I'm making for my upcoming book, Away From Home: Quilts Inspired by Lowell Mill Girls, (Kansas City Star Books pub). Getting ready for my first Quilt Market put things on hold for a while, but I am back at work, trying to make my November 17 deadline. Here is the center panel all appliqued. The spool blocks are being arranged and a row of them are added to the top and bottom of the center panel.
Now it's time to arrange the border blocks I've been piecing and appliqueing. Still have a few blocks to finish.
All the blocks are done and sewn to the top. Just two more borders to go. Moved to the design floor "aka. the living room".
Loaded on my Millie. Time to quilt . . . .
. . . and quilt . . .
. . .and quilt. . . and still quilting! In this last photo you can see a little bit of the last two borders.
Nancy Rink is a dedicated quilter, pattern designer, and dye artist who has won numerous awards for her quilting. At the 2004 Houston International Quilt Festival, Remembrance of Nanny and Desert Star were both given Honorable Mentions. Also in 2004, Dogtooth Violets earned one of the top awards in the Kaufman Quilt Quest. Most recently, Emerald Spring won a first place in Mixed Techniques at Road to California.She has won awards at other national shows including the Pacific International Quilt Festival, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, and the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show. And Desert Star, the first place winner in the 2002 From the Mills Contest, was on display at the American Textile History Museum.Nancy’s quilts have been featured in magazines such as Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Quiltmaker, and Quilt.
