Quilt to Give, designed by the late, great Nancy Zieman

[Extracted from my original posting at Houzz (fka GardenWeb)]

Quilt to Give, Designed by the late Nancy Ziemen [sic]

Karen S. (7b, NYC)

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I just finished piecing this top & expect to pass on to friend & fellow quilter who does the long-arm quilting for our Guild's larger Charity Quilts.

Most of these fabrics were donated, in particular the bright, multicolored foliage fabric.

A bit closer up, both shots in hallway outside my apmt .

I'll post an update when this is quilted.

But perhaps in honor of Nancy & her & contributions to sewing & quilting, I invite folks to make one of these quilts of hers & donate it to charity in her memory. Or, maybe take the idea back to your own Guild & start a group to make one there. She even has an online diagram for its pattern & it's sure Scrap Friendly. Here's the link.

http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/quilt-to-give/quilt-to-give%E2%80%94free-quilt-instructions/?print=pdf             

[sorry, I believe this link has recently been deactivated]

Merry Christmas everybody & Happy Quilting!

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  msmeow

  last year

  Very nice, Karen! It's so bright and cheerful.

  Donna

  Karen S. (7b, NYC) thanked msmeow
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  Larri

  last year

  What a lovely idea, Karen! You are talented, pulling colors from the busiest print, and making all your scraps work together into a fun and lively quilt top. Thanks for sharing the link, too! Happy Quilting!

  Karen S. (7b, NYC) thanked Larri

• Karen S. (7b, NYC)

  Original Author

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  Well I don't have good pix yet, but am finishing turning the binding & can't wait to show the marvelous work of my friend & fellow quilter Janice E.
  

  

  Will get better pix in full light, but for now, look how cool. She essentially put different stitching designs in each column, I love it.

  

  Thanks for the lovely comment Larri, but actually that's Nancy's suggestion to pick a feature fabric & then choose others which coordinate to it. It's a great trick which I learned about almost 20 yrs ago, that if one chooses a multi-colored print, then one can extract out individual colors from the print & it guarantees a harmonious blending.
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  loisflan

  last year

  You and your friend have made a wonderful quilt. It’s so bright and cheerful. Some lucky person will be delighted to receive it. How kind of you. Lois

  Karen S. (7b, NYC) thanked loisflan
• Following up with more recent pictures in much better light.  I really like it, even though bright isn't usually my thing. 

            Janice found THE perfect backing fabric for it.

Look at the great variety of stitches she used, really remarkable!!

I DO hope this inspires other Quilters to make one of their own &/or with their Guilds.  It'd be a lovely tribute to Nancy.