Starting in with my next post, I’m planning a series of “Sew-Along” and “Quilt-Along” posts for creating the Celtic True Lover’s Knot design from my book, Celtic Quilts: A New Look for Ancient Designs.
This block can be finished as a 16″ x 16″ wall-hanging, made into a decorator pillow, or joined with additional blocks to make a larger quilt.
To kick it off, I’m delighted to share a few in-progress photos from a recent class I taught at Lakeshore Sewing:
Susan, Jan, and Carolyn with their in-progress Celtic True Lover’s Knots from the Celtic Quilts book by Beth Ann WilliamsMary with her nearly-completed Celtic True Lover’s Knot from the Celtic Quilts book by Beth Ann WilliamsJane hard at work on her True Lover’s Knot from the Celtic Quilts book by Beth Ann Williams.
Thanks so much, Jan, Mary, Susan, Jan & Carolyn for letting me take your photos – you are all doing a terrific work!
When health challenges made hand-sewing (and hand appliqué and hand-quilting) no longer physically viable for her, Beth Ann’s first instinct was dismay and discouragement. But Grandma Baldwin gave her a loving (but stern!) “No pity parties – just figure out a different way.” So Beth Ann turned to her trusty sewing machine and began devising ways to achieve the fine quality appliqué look she craved faster and easier than she ever thought possible. And a career was born!
Now Beth Ann enjoys sharing her accessible “invisible” machine appliqué and creative machine quilting techniques with other quilters and fiber artists around the world.
