Before you reach for your dictionary, I made that word (kaleidocally) up! These Kaleidoscope/hexagon quilts are fun and addictive as you can tell by the fact I have now made 56 of them! This year Grand Central Station in New York City and Union Station in Utica New York celebrated their 100th birthday. I had wanted to make a quilt to celebrate this fact but was overcome by events. The year 2014 has been challenging for me to say the least. Needless to say I found my self facing the last week in 2014 and my goal was to get this quilt top done, and I did – in 4 days. It is News Years Eve, and I feel a great sense of accomplishment.
I wanted to show you some interior pictures of Union Station in Utica NY. I love this train station. When I was 12 I left from Union Station and went all the way to Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a thrill for me and I have loved trains ever since.
Isn’t the marble gorgeous?
I absolutely love the oak seats. This is a very active train station.
Below is a fabric from Timeless treasures I chose for this kaleidocally hexed quilt. It is a city scape of landmarks in New York City. I will have to make another quilt that represents the rest of New York (which is stunningly beautiful)!
Below is the top I finished in 4 days aptly named “New York – Kaleidocally Hexed”. I recorded my self making this top and shared the video’s on this blog.
I so look forward to 2015 and pushing on with other quilt projects like Studio 180 Design’s “Northern Neighbors”! Happy New year everyone and God Bless!
If These Threads Could Talk 
Thank you so much for all that you do for quilters everywhere. Loving this new One Block Wonder you have posted. So much so that I took my UFO of one block wonder hexes out and started putting them together. Have the boarders yet to add on this one and all ready looking at my stash to start another one. Your videos on how to do it from start to finish is an inspiration for those of us that learn by seeing it done rather than reading a book on how it’s done! Happy Quilting from western Canada.
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Thank you! You made my day!
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As usual your quilt is beautiful. I’m glad that you and your husband and sister are happy up there but we miss you around here
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Thank You Carole. I sure miss you guys too!
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Your quilt is absolutely beautiful but then all your quilts are Love you Miss you Cant wait to see you in Feb
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Same to you Trunk Monkey!
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Your quilt is gorgeous! And thank you for sharing the pictures. Utica doesn’t seem to come up in any of the travel guides. I’d never seen the station before. It is beautiful.
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Thank you. Utica is located in Central NY, the Gateway to the Adirondack Mountains.
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Thanks. I was a little embarrassed to admit that I couldn’t place it geographically. I’ll have to get out and see more of New York State. It’s so close, and would make a lovely spring or summer road trip.
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I just moved from Virginia Beach back to my hometown in NY. I love the beach, but I love the mountains and lakes also.
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It’s the conversation I keep having with my other half. I’ve always lived near the ocean, he grew up in Michigan and is all about the lakes.
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I love having 4 seasons also!
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That one I could do without. I can’t stand the winters here. I’m just not really sure where else we’d move to unless we took a chance on a place we’d never spent any time.
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I’m always quilting, so the winters are not a problem, but I don’t have to go to work everyday.
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I’m the same, but it’s still a hassle running errands, or going out for the night. And there’s so much less to do on the weekends. We get out and about a lot during the summer, but during winter we’re pretty limited to what’s going on in town.
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It’s a tough choice, isn’t it?
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I love it up here. My sister and I wanted to come back home, and we let my husband come with us. Not to mention our 3 dachshunds. The cooler weather is easier on them.
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Kind of you to let your husband join you. I worry about about the dog in winter, but he’s inside most of the time, so it’s usually not a problem. Apparently the salt is really bad for them though. The things you learn when you move to a radically different climate, right?
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I don’t want to be nosy, but where do you live? We wipe the dogs pads with baby wipes when they come in from their walk,
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Not at all. I live in Boston, but I’m from Sydney, so I’d had absolutely no experience of snow that didn’t involve holidays, and usually skiing, until 2009. Jolly has little booties for his winter walks. He’s not a huge fan, but he puts up with them.
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Lord have mercy, no wonder you struggle with winter. I grew with this weather and I’ve lived in Alaska so it is no surprise to me.
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I was hoping I’d eventually get used to it, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen, ever. I’d love to move back home, but I know a lot of quilters over there, and the community isn’t the same. Fabric, notions, and sundries are horrendously expensive; good longarm quilters are few and far between. Actually, the only I found to be cheaper in Australia, and this really surprised me, was the sewing machine I wanted. It was significantly less expensive there.
I’m taking Nick to visit in February, so I’m going to stop by for a visit with some of the Australian quilters I’ve met online and get a better feel for the landscape.
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I have a quilting frame from Australia. It is called a john wh
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Oops, it is called a John Watts frame. It is aluminum and sits on a table. I have a mid arm Nolting quilt machine. I’ve ordered a new Nolting Frame that will be here at the end of the month. I hope you have a wonderful time when you go home !
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Thank you. I hope the new frame is lovely.
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