I've had clients bring me what I suspect are "trial" quilts in the past - where they bring one they're not super attached to, to see how well I do with it, just in case I completely mess it up, they haven't ruined a beloved heirloom. And then once they like my first attempt, then they pull out the real show pieces and trust me with them.
And let me be clear, I don't mind this AT ALL. I completely get it. The marriage between piecer and quilter is a tricky match to make, and I don't hold it against anyone if they're hesitant at first and want to make sure we collaborate well. I always say, "we're speaking the same language".
But dear Rosemarie jumped in with both feet with me, and I adore that! I'll talk about the first two quilts in one blog post, because they were actually the exact same piecing pattern. She made them out of different fabrics, and I used different quilting designs. For the Cowboy Teddy Bears, I applied an overall woodgrain motif. And for the Pink Nursery Rhymes quilt, I went with some swirly feathers.
I'll talk about Rosemarie-and-Carrie's third quilt in my next post.
All quilting was free-motion, hand-guided on a longarm quilting machine.
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