Saturday, March 19, 2011

Quilt Square for Lisa

One of the members at 123 Stitch has organized a project to make a memorial quilt for the family of Lisa Roswell, the owner of the Primitive Needle, who passed away recently, a victim of the Ohio floods. Volunteers were asked to stitch a square with a Halloween theme. I started with this freebie. Lots of nice patterns on this blog, by the way. I saved that spider and web for last, and it was just too much for me to get that back-stitching done correctly. I gave up and frogged some. Then I looked for little motifs to substitute for that portion of the design. The black bird comes from a Drawn Thread piece. The cauldron is thanks to Helga Mandl. The moon, key and star are all from works by Lisa. Only used two colors - DMC 3799 and 920. It was a little small and needed something to tie it together so I stitched a border. This is done on off-white Monaco.

24 comments:

Nima said...

wow...that's a lovely square

Siobhán said...

Oh wow Annie, that is so wonderful. What a neat idea.

Annette said...

Very beautifull Annie.
Nice of you to make it for a quilt!!

Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri Malinovich) said...

What a great idea - something her family will treasure! I love your changes and the block is awesome!

Nancy said...

Beautiful stitched block Annie, and you made all the different motifs come together perfectly! The border is a nice finishing touch.

Karen said...

What a wonderful gesture, Annie, and perfect for a quilt for Lisa as she loved Halloween so much. You did a beautiful job on it, too!

Jane said...

I'm sure it will be much appreciated, it's turned out really well

Margaret said...

What a wonderful idea. I love the block you stitched for it.

Alisa said...

Your square turned out great! I love the cauldron!!

Jackie's Stitches said...

I'm sure her family will treasure the quilt. I hope you ar able to post a picture of the completed project. Your square is wonderful and I love the changes that you made.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful idea. I am sure her family will treasure the quilt. Love the design you came up with. I think it's really special since you used some of Lisas' charted designs.

Melanie said...

What a great job! It came out awesome. :)

Pumpkin said...

SO sweet! What a great idea to come up with. I love how you modified the pattern Annie :o)

Mary said...

You did a wonderful job Annie. I love the changes you made.

♥ Nia said...

You did great! Everything looks very well together :) Lovely square Annie =)
Hugs&Smiles

Blu said...

What a cute finish! Nice changes!
And thanks for the link.

Carol said...

What a wonderful contribution to Lisa's memorial quilt, Annie. I love this piece (both with and without the changes). And thanks so much for the link to that blog--I've never seen it before and it really does have some nice designs.

barbara said...

What a great idea - and I love your contribution.

Mylene said...

It turned out a beautiful piece, Annie. Thanks for sharing the link.

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

A lovely square for a lovely tribute to Lisa. You are an angel to do it for the quilt :)

Lois said...

What a nice square and such a nice idea for a quilt to be made.

Sandra said...

Wonderful square! You did a great job with the add lib, seems they all belong together.

Lovely tribute to her memory.

Anonymous said...

How creative and special. You always do such wonderful things. And what a treasure for the family. Lovely.

Maajo said...

This is fun, I like the result :)