hope valley quilts 2 & 3

Thanks for all the great comments on my hope valley quilt series! And a big thanks to my family for being willing to hold the quilts up for photos (I lucked out and caught them on a surprisingly warm day (warm for December in Vermont, anyway…) while they were waiting to get snow tires on the car…)

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So here’s the second quilt of the series, as signified by the two squares at the top!

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On this one, I decided to keep the four quilt blocks close together, using just a tiny bit of sashing to separate them. I placed them in the lower corner and filled in the rest of the quilt with Kona Snow.

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The back of this one is my favorite, I think. I wasn’t sure about all that orange, but once I added the white on either side I really loved it.

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That tiny strip of the purple floral print really does it for me. Totally.

I quilted this one with random straight lines, which I drew on with a washable marker. To add something extra, I went for a double line on a few of these lines. Love!

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And then we have the third in the series… I love the color of this one. Purple was never really one of my favorites, but it’s definitely growing on me!

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I knew I wanted to use the purple as the background color, so I added a thick white border to each block to make them pop.

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There’s a bit more purple on the back, along with pieces of the remaining prints. I quilted this one on the diagonal in one direction using randomly spaced lines. I love the randomness of it, as well as the not perfectly straight lines.

They each measure about 35″ x 40″, give or take a bit. I’d love to hang them as a series, but quite frankly we just don’t have the wall space! So they’re listed in the shop instead…

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