Thursday, February 18, 2010

Gretchen's Selvage Tumbler Quilt


Gretchen Thompson of Spicewood, Texas made this beautiful Selvage Tumbler Quilt. She says: "It's wild, I know, but I love it."
She quilted it on her longarm, loading it sideways, then quilting long wavy lines. Good idea!
Her quilting buddies gave her the bright "Quilting Diva" border fabric because that's the name she uses in her business. And she says she actually looks like that! (see below) You can decide for yourself when you see her blog: http://www.spicewoodquiltingdiva.blogspot.com/.
One more thing: Gretchen says her husband once sold a machine gun to buy her a sewing machine! Her blog has food too. You really need to visit. :)

P.S. Gretchen recently had a Sew-In to celebrate her birthday. Now that's a great idea!

7 comments:

simplestitches said...

Hi Karen,
love your blog...some very interesting quilts...I'm saving all my selvedges...so one day I can do one too.
Just tried to click on the link on this post to go check Gretchen's blog and the link doesn't work. Thought you would want to know....
cheers Julz

Helen said...

I have been unable to click the link and go to the blog sites on your last two posts.

I can't figure it out, but it doesn't work for me.

Love coming here and being inspired by so many nice posts and beautiful pictures of such incredible work!

Nancy said...

I love this quilt and all the others you show. The blog can be found at spicewoodquiltingdiva.blogspot.com. Very fun.

Karen, thanks again for posting these great quilts.

Sujata Shah said...

Absolutely beautiful! I just discovered your blog and so glad I did!

Jocelyn said...

Hi Karen,
I was not able to go to spicewoodquilting blog when I clicked the link. I will try Nancy's. Thanks for posting these great quilts and new blogs to visit.

Selvage Quilter said...

Okay, the link is fixed. Thank you Nancy for the correction. This blog is worth a look!

Anonymous said...

That quilt is beautiful! I love the bright colors and the selvages.