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3612 - Electric Magenta
Wanda Hanson, Julie Sefton, and Chris Ballard
Sandwich , IL , Bartlett and Oakland , TN USA
Width: 8.5" Length: 11.5"
Designer: Collaboration - Created by Julie using two orphan blocks; pieced by Wanda; quilted by Chris.
Materials/Techniques: Cotton quilting fabrics; free motion machine quilted, hand-stitched binding, Swavorski hot-fix crystals.
Artist's Statement: “Fuchsia is a purple color named after the flower of the fuchsia plant. Fuchsia is used as an alias for electric magenta . . . The first recorded use of fuchsia as a color name in English was in 1892.” (Wikipedia)
The last spring that Mom lived independently, she hung the Mother’s Day fuchsia plant I sent in the tree in her front yard (and then forgot to water it).
Julie Sefton
Dedication: In honor and memory of our mothers.
This quilt is displayed with Fast Finish Triangles.
This quilt earned $40.00 for the AAQI.
Sandwich , IL , Bartlett and Oakland , TN USA
Width: 8.5" Length: 11.5"
Designer: Collaboration - Created by Julie using two orphan blocks; pieced by Wanda; quilted by Chris.
Materials/Techniques: Cotton quilting fabrics; free motion machine quilted, hand-stitched binding, Swavorski hot-fix crystals.
Artist's Statement: “Fuchsia is a purple color named after the flower of the fuchsia plant. Fuchsia is used as an alias for electric magenta . . . The first recorded use of fuchsia as a color name in English was in 1892.” (Wikipedia)
The last spring that Mom lived independently, she hung the Mother’s Day fuchsia plant I sent in the tree in her front yard (and then forgot to water it).
Julie Sefton
Dedication: In honor and memory of our mothers.
This quilt is displayed with Fast Finish Triangles.
This quilt earned $40.00 for the AAQI.