Hexagons | If These Threads Could Talk

Well, almost. I am from Central New York. New York Mills, NY to be exact. I have left Virginia, and for now I’m staying with my cousin Brenda in Alder Creek, about 22 miles north of Utica. I am not a country girl. There is not a quilt Shop for 22 miles (Lord have mercy)!

Brenda’s house is charming as you can see.

This small shack on her property was a Speak Easy back in the day.

Today my sister Mary and I went exploring. Above is the Boonville pool. We spent many summer days here when we were kids.

Boonville also has a lovey covered bridge.

The Hulbert House from 1812 was featured on The Scifi channel Ghost Hunters. It is haunted!

This beautiful scene is the Black River in Forestport, NY

My little corner in Brenda’s dinning room.

I’m working on a new hexagon quilt trying to get my Mojo back!

I attended a “Meet the Artist” function at the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, Virginia this past Saturday. It was great fun. The exhibit consisted of quilts made from hexagons, both old and new. The museum is in a wonderful old house in downtown Harrisonburg. There is a lot of great antique shops there. The exhibit even has a quilt made by former President Woodrow Wilson’s wife (it was started by the first wife and finished by the second wife). Getting Hexed will be on exhibit through August 24, 2013, so don’t miss it.

This is Neva Hart, Quilt Appraiser and Mary Kerr, quilter, teacher and author.

Mary Kerr, curator of the exhibit Vintage Revisited and many of the artists were here autographing copies of the exhibit’s book.

My attempt at taking a vintage block and re-imagining it. It was a basket block that I gave a twisting falling down appearance, and then machine embroidered around the border the saying “I dropped my basket yesterday! That’s a polite southern term for, I went bat shit crazy for no, apparent nor discernible reason.”

This is Meegan Carr, Executive Director of the Virginia Quilt Museum.

Award-winning quilt artist Cheryl See was on hand discussing her quilt, Star Struck, that won Best Hand Workmanship at the 2012 AQS Paducah Quilt Show. This quilt is a stunner, you must see it up close. It took Cheryl over 2 years to make this quilt.