The Back. . .

The time has come to finish my quilt, and I am attempting to figure out the back. I was recently given a bird patch from Panama sent to me from my future in-laws of a bird. I thought I would incorporate this patch with a botanical print fabric, given to me by my sister Eve. I bordered the bird patch with blue and green, to help the colors pop a little. As seen below.
The front of the quilt is a series of log cabin patches, so I attempted to continue that theme a bit with the bird patch.
The remaining design has yet to be determined. The fabrics shown above will make up the rest of the back, I think I will add a boarder to the botanical fabric in blue? I'm still undecided on the composition, so any suggestions are appreciated.

Our old watering hole . . .

While looking through my photos, I found some pictures of the quilters at the Alabama Ice House from June 3, 2007. I thought they may be of interest to some, it is fun to see the quilts again, when they were still projects and not yet completed. Hope you enjoy!

ps. Photo credit goes to Rose, I think she just borrowed my camera to take these. I attempted, rather poorly, to add captions. The people who were actually there that day might want to explain the circumstances.

Quilters, focused on the task at hand, while enjoying their bottles of ice cold beer.

Margaret McKee (capital M) displaying the fine craftsmanship of her quilting hoop, as Andi and Ashley look on.

Andi and Margaret keep quilting fashionable, with their cool shades. Note the details of rose's quilting pattern, with overlapping circles as the quilting design, shown in front/center.