Blue Monday

I'm very pleased to report that I've finished the bear paw quilt that I made to celebrate Capital Quilters 40th anniversary. I used the Archie pattern by Penelope Handmade.

I wanted to try something different and I've always liked the Irish Chain effect.  I used Essex Linen for the chains, and an Anna Maria Horner print for the blocks - Coreopsis in Shadow | Made my Day by Anna Maria Horner.  The background is all white and pale blue low volume scraps from my stash. 

The pattern has four size options and I chose the throw size so it is 70" x 70".

 I had this quilt quilted by Busy Bee Quilt Shop with a simple Baptist Fan pattern and I think it suits it well.   I called it Blue Monday, continuing my tradition of naming my quilts after my favourite songs from the 80's. 

Our guild's logo is the bear paw block - also known as the Hand of Friendship block.  So when our guild had our 30th anniversary we were all encouraged to make quilts using bear paws.  Here's what I made then - my Scrappy Bear Paw quilt.  You can read about it here. 

And now, 10 years later we were encourage to make another bear paw quilt for our 40th anniversary, so I made Blue Monday. What if I'm still a member in another 10 years time at our 50th? What will I make then? 

And what if I'm still around another 10 years after that for our 60th? I sure hope I'm still quilting then.