Living La Vida Violeta (front)
Shauna's quilt commemorates her graduation from Stanford University June 11, 2000.
Shauna's schedule is always very full and her favorite color is purple, thus
"Living La Vida Violeta" (Living the Purple Life). It is machine-pieced and machine quilted.
The quilt took a year to complete--I
finished binding the quilt June 4th and finished putting on the buttons June 5th. I managed to completely surprise her (kind of amazing when
you consider the number of times she was home during that year!).
The front has 80 attic window blocks that represent milestones, people, and the important things in her life. It has a light lavender border and a dark blue and black border. All of the sashing, border, backing, and binding fabrics have sparkles--she loves glitter! Here are a couple of sample squares:
In addition, I wrote a booklet that describes how the quilt came about and what each square represents. I devoted one page to each square and included a color print out of it. While the quilt was completed ahead of time, the book was not finished until the night before graduation, June 10th.
© 2001-2011 Marie Novicki,