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Clockwise from top:
- DREAM: Depot Street, Antrim NH, 1954-1969: My childhood home and the place of many dreams. Detail: McClure tartan tree, my first garden of zinnias
- PEACE: Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA, 1966-1968: The difficult and very unpeaceful Vietnam era. Detail: Mountain laurel, state flower of Pennsylvania
- IMAGINE: Seacrest Village, Portsmouth NH, 1969-1970: Imagining the future with my new little family. Detail: Lavender and strawberries at Strawbery Banke
- LOVE MUCH: Butterfield Farm, Antrim NH: 1970-1984: Raising two wonderful sons in our beloved farmhouse. Detail: Rambling roses that always bloom for the Fourth of July
- JOURNEY: North Main Street, Antrim NH: 1984-1991: A time of great personal challenge and progress. Detail: Quince bush; purple lilac, state flower of New Hampshre
- CREATE: Culver Road, Rochester NY: 1991-2002: Building a life better suited to me: education, career, marriage, grandchildren. Detail: McLean tartan tree; rose, New York's state flower
- LAUGH OFTEN: Beebe Farm, Knox NY, 2002-2015: Secure in my profession and happy in a small, welcoming community. Detail: Sunflowers and sweet nasturtiums
- INSPIRE: Springbrook Hill, Belfast ME: 2015-Present: Sharing my accumulated wisdom with others. Detail: Lupines; lilies-of-the-valley; white pine cone, Maine’s state flower
Construction Details:
This panel is inspired by “Sunny Day in Daisy Town” in Whizz Bang! Adventures with Folded Fabric Quilts By Rachaeldaisy. It was a challenge to reimagine a 24” x 24” square quilt as a 12” eight-cut pizza and still have room for purple mountains and blue sky (John’s old shirt). I individualized the "monopoly houses" with exterior colors and gardens.
Thank goodness I found a fat quarter of pink paisley fabric in a little quilt shop in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. It informs the foreground and background colors, tying everything together. A home run!
This panel is inspired by “Sunny Day in Daisy Town” in Whizz Bang! Adventures with Folded Fabric Quilts By Rachaeldaisy. It was a challenge to reimagine a 24” x 24” square quilt as a 12” eight-cut pizza and still have room for purple mountains and blue sky (John’s old shirt). I individualized the "monopoly houses" with exterior colors and gardens.
Thank goodness I found a fat quarter of pink paisley fabric in a little quilt shop in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. It informs the foreground and background colors, tying everything together. A home run!
Copyright Jane McLean, 2023