Forget Me Not my Valentine

Another fun bonus of owning a shop is that I get to "meet" quilters from all over the world. Helen T from California, USA contacted me just before Christmas looking for some elusive, in the USA, fabric from the Kimberley Poloson Forget Me Not range to finish her quilt. I was fortunately able to help out - this is the beautiful result. Thank you Helen for sharing. Make sure you click on the image so you can see the amazing detail both in the applique and the quilting. Here's what Helen had to say:

I finally finished my quilt. I am attaching a picture for you. I put the 1 yard of fabric I got from you on the back and surrounded it with pieces of the red and black polka dot in the Forget Me Not line.

My machine quilters did an absolutely fabulous job which doesn't show so much in the picture. They did filigree around each of the hearts and inside some of them. The border has hearts in the corners and in the centers of each border. It is absolutely beautiful, if I say so myself. I am so pleased and proud that I could make something like this.

I think Helen has every right to be proud, don't you?

The pattern is called Vintage Valentine by Verna Mosquera of Vintage Spool. I too am working on a Vintage Spool quilt - Christmas Greetings. I'm not sure which Christmas it's for - I must get some more blocks ready and start working on it again, Christmas is again coming at a rapid rate.

I think too that there must be some more beautiful quilts being made in the USA with the Forget Me Not fabrics since many pieces from the shop have winged their way over there. I know that one lot is going to me made into this - ooh-la-la!!