Showing posts with label Texas British Quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas British Quilt. Show all posts

Thursday, April 07, 2011

Texan meets Brit

Strangely, of late, many a friend and relative from the great State of TEXAS has decided to marry a Brit (I can name three couples...and know of a fourth who are probably considering tying the knot one day) For the union of a very very good friend, whose wedding took place in London, and I could regretfully not attend, I designed the quilt below. I'm hoping he loves it, I still need to map out the pieces, but have all the fabrics (the colors shown are exact matches to the Kona fabrics I purchased for the quilt)
This Quilt I plan to dub: God Save the Alamo!


Another Idea also came to mind, when I found the quilts below in The Quilt Engagement Caledar Treasury, The first quilt is from 1850, made in Yonkers, NY, and has the following sewn into it:

A Heart I send you Squire Baldwine

Reject it not I do implore thee

A warm reception may it meet

My name a secret I must keep


signed: Old Maid

The Quilt Engagement Calendar Treasury, by Cyril I. Nelson & Carter Houck pg: 96


The idea here would be to have the black top hat, a heart, and a brown cowboy hat beneath. I would still need to draft that option up, so I'm a bit more inclided towards the first option. Below is another version of a 'Hat and Heart' quilt from the 1980's, also in the Quilt Engagement Calendar Treasury, pg 123.


Feedback is welcome, so let me know your thoughts.