Sunday, February 23, 2014

What a collection!

This is the quilt top that is hanging up in our dining room right now.  It goes nicely with my other red/white/blue quilts that have been made over the years.

Lately, I have found myself making quilts that belong to a theme or colour collection.  It was never my intention to start a collection.  However, once I started hanging up and displaying my quilts, they looked better when the quilts had colour harmony.  Thus a collection started.   Here are more of my red/white/blue quilts and tops:



My new kaleidoscope project will be a nice addition to that collection/theme.  
Except for one ancestor that we discovered was born in the U.S.A., my roots go back to France (blue/white/red) and our old Canadian flag and I honour my ancestors by choosing those colours. 

Nowadays, I'm starting to add more red/white quilts to my collection to honour my ancestors from Austria and Poland.

So, the next time you see a new project on my blog in a certain colour .... you will know that there is a reason behind the decision.

Have a great day!

9 comments:

Christine said...

I love the way you decorate with your quilts. Thanks for sharing pics - they are all beautiful!

Mary-Kay said...

Wow! What a great collection of quilts!

Julie Fukuda said...

I love the limited palate quilts. It is so nice you have space to show them off.

Carla A Few Of My Favorite Things said...

I love your barn quilt. It looks absolutely wonderful on your dining room wall. I have noticed that you love using red and blue a lot.

Melanie said...

Beautiful collection...love the way you display....

QuiltSue said...

Everyone of those quilts is beautiful.

Barb said...

wonderful collection and how nice you have so many places to display them~

Deb said...

RM it looks awesome, I found a mag that has the idea of the house quilt. I have to get cracking on that one.
Love the show and share and you are so darned lucky to have those display walls

Deanna W said...

A quilter after my own heart.Love all that scrappiness! And yes you are lucky to have all that wall space to hang your quilts!