A few of you have let me know I have a quilt in the lastest Quiltmania magazine 
I was thinking this post would be about that but, alas the mail delivery to my little country area of Victoria is a weeny bit tardy so I’m hoping it will be there when I go the Post Office tomorrow.
Cos I’m busting to see it!!
To keep myself from going insane with excitement and anticipation I’ve been busying myself in the studio.
I’m not sure what to show you first, maybe I will have to do a couple of consecutive posts so it doesn’t all end up a jumbled mess.
Maybe a little bit of Maltaville news first.
I finished this block at Quilting last Wednesday night so I’m happy about that
Block F6
Then I prepped another, and finished it.
Block B4
I also took copious photo’s of this one in progress because I have been using a product which Jennifer recently got me on to.
It’s called Appli-Kay Wonder by Floriani, and I felt a tutorial for the Maltaville Blog was in order, so that will appear soon on the
Maltaville Album Quilt Blog tutorials
In the original quilt the block bears the verse
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue
the only lasting treasure, truth
So this sent me on a trip around the web which lasted several hours,
to learn more about the author of these words, English poet and hymnodist William Cowper 1731-1800.
William Cowper, oil painting by Lemuel Francis Abbot in 1792. This painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London
This verse is taken from his work The Task: A Poem, in Six Books published in 1785.
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue
The only lasting treasure, truth
But what is truth? ‘Twas Pilate’s question put
sorry, I just had to add it again, this time with the last line from that verse.
The maker of the block was a Mary something long starting with W, Water…y?
I’m hoping Fiona has better luck as she’s been great with the deciphering of names on this quilt.
Then of course I went off on another search for the Amaranth flower,
well there’s a few varieties to choose from but I just chose this because I like the look of it
Amaranth flowers
Amaranth are long lasting, so it seems a fitting flower to appear in verse, which it does… many times.
Today I prepped this block to sew tonight
Block H5
and I’m happy to be working again on a quilt that’s been on the back burner for a few months and I’ll share that with you soon.
Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be enjoying that Quiltmania magazine,
see you soon
