#16 White House

This doesn't look much like the White House but I wanted to use some striped "Lincoln" fabric I had and I also decided the flag & cannon fabric would be a nice touch in the corners. I have a few fabrics with civil war motifs - what better place to use them?

April is almost over and our weather is finally starting to turn a corner! We had temps in the 80s today plus blue skies and sun. I sat outside for awhile and actually got hot. No complaints here.

#15 Fort Sumter

I decided to use an Abraham Lincoln fabric that I bought at City Quilts in New York City. I felt it was time to inject some Civil War symbols into this quilt.

Seeing Red!

I have been experiencing some technical difficulties with my blog, specifically with publishing my photos. I'm very frustrated because I have some wonderful pictures, new and different for a change, to share from my recent trip to New York. You have probably read about Infinite Variety on other quilt blogs and I have been wanting to participate! If this post is successful, look for more to come.

Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef

Today, I went to see the most amazing exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. It is a depiction of a coral reef, made entirely of yarn and other found objects.

Do not ask me to explain the mathematics of "hyperbolic" because geometry was my worst subject in high school!

This exhibit took my breath away and the pictures will just have to speak for themselves.

A community of crocheters made these wonderful coral shapes. The project was started by two women in California, Margaret and Christine Wertheim, co-founders of the Institute for Figuring (note: my mind cannot fathom such an institute - go figure!).

If you will be in Washington, DC, before April 24, you must see this exhibit! And Washington in the springtime is beautiful.

I believe the exhibit travels, so it may come to your area. If so, see it!

St. Patrick's Day

I don't usually make green quilts but this is a little wallhanging I made after a trip to Ireland that we took in March of 2008. Wonderful country, wonderful people. As you can see, I was in a hexagon phase when I made this quilt.

London Square

Block #11 of Civil War 150 is London Square. A sunny day in the nation's capital but I wish it was warmer!

Lincoln's Platform

Block #10 is Lincoln's Platform, or otherwise known as Churn Dash or Hole in the Barn Door. Took a lovely field trip yesterday to Purcellville, Virginia, with some quilting friends to visit a wonderful quilt shop, Web Fabrics. I bought the green and gold fabrics which I promptly sewed into this latest block.