I took another class from Freddy Moran when she came to our area in May, 2003. This time we made her Garden Party Ladies blocks, along with topiary trees. My ladies’ dressses are made from provençal fabrics I bought in Houston at the festival, and they’re on multicolored backgrounds. When I was quilting this, I decided to make the quilt a memento of my first trip to Houston and the wonderful time several quilter friends had while staying at the Ramada there. Seven of the dresses have the name of one of us “Ramada Gals”, and the remaining two have related information.Here’s the quilt:
This was machine pieced and machine quilted and measures 51 1/2″ x 46 1/2″. I finished it in late August, 2003 — just in time to get ready for the next Houston show! 😉 Starting on the left in the top row, the ladies/gals are: (row 1) Wendy/Frood, Ramada gals, IQF 2002 Houston; (row 2) Ally, Sandy in Henderson, Marilyn/Nurse Ratched; (row 3) Pat in VA, Kris in northern VA, Kathy Z./lurker.
For the label, I took a photo of one block and made the photo very pale, superimposing the text I wanted over that:
