A Decisive Victory....The quilt

I finally finished the Civil War quilt for my brother in law Dennis. Every fella in my family who has seen it, wants it...bad. I chose the name for the quilt because even though it was a reference to General Grant's comment about the battle for Vicksburg, this is my second attempt to make a confederate flag quilt. Obviously it won't be my last. The first one was made for my son and it was indeed my first quilt. It did not turn out so well but it is hand quilted and began a learning process that I have been enjoying for 11 years. I have been happily immersed in all things quilty.

The photos were taken in my back yard. The deer have come through the last few days and have eaten all flowers and decorative vegetation. My flower garden is bare but at it's entrance stand two columns that were salvaged by my husband's grandfather around 1915 from the Jefferson Davis' home, that stood on Davis Island in the Mississippi River. The columns were then used on a house he built for his family in 1944.

I finished the quilt on July4, do not think of this as a surrender but as a decisive victory.

I was not born in the south but as all southern women will say..."That's okay honey, you got here as quick as you could."

Mississippi Museum of Art

Pieces and Strings at the Mississippi Museum of Art
Yesterday my husband, son and I went to the museum to see my quilt hanging. I was very proud to see Kimono Garden hanging in a museum. I have posted a link to the museums exhibit site. The quilt is part of the Mississippi Cultural Crossroads Pieces and Strings exhibit. I made this quilt for a fabric challenge. I received the fabric in the mail and I felt a Victorian quilt was in order but as I thought about the era, I decided an Asian influence would be appropriate. I designed the kimono and used an innovated technique, Inklingo, to make the diamond collar and the cuffs. I then quilted by machine free style.