Q84 – Colored Windows - Quilt

Ta-da! And good afternoon.

The road to healing is through color and quilting. Don’t know if anyone said that, but it certainly sounds so, so good. Andy’s recovery is amazing… and it just presents itself in all its glory in our newly finished, quilt – Colored Windows.

Our 84th quilt… and still counting. Colored Windows is our adaptation of Amy Walsh’s pattern, Rear Window. It is kismet that Jimmy Stewart as L. B. “Jeff” Jeffries, in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, is recuperating and wheelchair bound. Andy is currently mending from his bypass surgery, and as Jeff Jeffries kept his camera in hand, so did Andy work with his needle and thread.

Colored Windows' dimensions are – Width: 64” (163 cms); Length 79 ½” (202 cms). We have used three primary- and three secondary-colored batik fabrics, as well as a patterned black one to create the shades of all the windows. Three dappled beige-to-brown fabrics were incorporated to generate the window frames, the brick wall, the backing, and the binding.

Here are some images of close-ups and the backing of Colored Windows.

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Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Andy Continues To Heal - Colored Windows Nears Completion

Good Afternoon,

I am just amazed at the healing that the machine, we call our body, at times can process.

It has been three weeks since Andy had his quadruple/triple bypass surgery. Four 95% plus or minus blockages across three major arteries and an arterial branch. Three bypass detours created from a vein harvested from his leg.

He's up and about, slowly, and he ain't driving his car nor our long-arm quilting machine. But he is washing dishes again! He doesn't want to dislodge the six twist-ties holding his sternum together. (Suggestion - Save those bread-bag twist ties for a greater purpose... than the kitchen junk drawer.)

Andy would definitely like to thank all of you for the get-well cards, emails, and messages. Thanks for including him in your thoughts and even, your prayers.

And believe it or not he is back to finishing, quilting, and binding our latest Quilt - Colored Windows. (See My Quip - Colored Windows Quilt Progress.) This will be one Fantastic Quilt...

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To see previously posted quilts, there is a visual Grid presentation at the bottom of this and each Quilts SB page. Move your cursor over any mini-picture found there and click to see an enlargement. Move your cursor to the "Q#" link to see the quilt's details. If the quilt’s title is highlighted in yellow or in red, it has found a home in a collection and is no longer available.

If you are interested, and would like some more information of any available quilts, regarding costs, shipping, and insurance, please check our Quilts SB Etsy Shop.

If you have any questions and/or comments please feel free to get in touch with me via email.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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