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Summer Wind

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This past weekend, I got one more border around the Summer Wind quilt top.  This pattern begins with a large center star medallion, and you add progressive borders until the quilt is as big as you want it.  This finishes at around 72 inches, I believe, but if I decide to add a final border of a large print fabric I could expand the quilt to queen size. 

I even have a nice large print fabric from this Wuthering Heights collection that I could use for the outermost border.  But it is aqua.  And I am not sure that is the color I would choose to pick out for a final border for this quilt.  The pinks and reds are speaking to me more than the aqua.  Guess I will just wait and see!

I love everything about this quilt- except maybe the name "Summer Wind", which puts me in mind of feminine hygiene products.  Maybe I'll come up with my own name for it.  Wuthering Heights is the title of a book by Emily Bronte, the subject being the tragic romance of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.  Hmmm, "Bucking Bronte"?  "Cathy's Clown"?  "Moor is Moor"?  Help me out here.

28 responses to “Summer Wind”

  1. OMG LOL – you’re so right about Summer Wind’s connotation! You’ve come up with some fun alternatives. I love Moor is Moor. Beautiful quilt!

  2. OMG LOL – you’re so right about Summer Wind’s connotation! You’ve come up with some fun alternatives. I love Moor is Moor. Beautiful quilt!

  7. Your quilt is beautiful and how fun to be able to use those older Moda lines. I love all things Moda. The pattern also reminds me of the song, but Moor is Moor would be great cause the more borders you put on it the “moor” quilt you have!! Love your sense of humor…it’s fun to laugh first thing in the morning. 🙂
    Cathy

  8. Your quilt is beautiful and how fun to be able to use those older Moda lines. I love all things Moda. The pattern also reminds me of the song, but Moor is Moor would be great cause the more borders you put on it the “moor” quilt you have!! Love your sense of humor…it’s fun to laugh first thing in the morning. 🙂
    Cathy

  9. Nicole, I needed a good laugh this morning, thank you for that. Okay, now that I have regained some measure of decorum, how about something along the line of ‘Dreams of Summer’ or even ‘Glimpse of Spring’, since you just got hint of it before the storm covered your pink blossoms, which is what the pinks in this collection remind me of. Then, if you really wanted a Bronte reference in there it could be ‘Emily’s Garden’ , ‘Heights of Summer’ , ‘Spirits of Summer’ or ‘Summer on the Moor’. Ah well, somewhat cheesey I know but after laughing till tears were rolling that is about the best that I can come up with. Whatever you name it, it is going to be beautiful. I really love this collection. I’m so glad you started working on it again.

  10. Nicole, I needed a good laugh this morning, thank you for that. Okay, now that I have regained some measure of decorum, how about something along the line of ‘Dreams of Summer’ or even ‘Glimpse of Spring’, since you just got hint of it before the storm covered your pink blossoms, which is what the pinks in this collection remind me of. Then, if you really wanted a Bronte reference in there it could be ‘Emily’s Garden’ , ‘Heights of Summer’ , ‘Spirits of Summer’ or ‘Summer on the Moor’. Ah well, somewhat cheesey I know but after laughing till tears were rolling that is about the best that I can come up with. Whatever you name it, it is going to be beautiful. I really love this collection. I’m so glad you started working on it again.

  11. How about Bronte’s Beauty. That’s apt since this is already such a beauty!! You are so cute with your feminine hygiene products. Thanks for the giggle.

  12. How about Bronte’s Beauty. That’s apt since this is already such a beauty!! You are so cute with your feminine hygiene products. Thanks for the giggle.

  15. Just love that fabric and since I made my little medallion quilt I’m seeing them and loving them everywhere. Don’t discount the aqua fabric yet. It might be perfect by the time you get there. I can’t think of any suitable name because my mind got stuck on the “wind” part of the name-you know like breaking wind! I have a sick mind so I’ll go back in my corner now.

  16. Just love that fabric and since I made my little medallion quilt I’m seeing them and loving them everywhere. Don’t discount the aqua fabric yet. It might be perfect by the time you get there. I can’t think of any suitable name because my mind got stuck on the “wind” part of the name-you know like breaking wind! I have a sick mind so I’ll go back in my corner now.

  17. This is a beautiful quilt. I love the outer border. I also like the idea that you can keep adding to it with interesting bits. I think that I would spin the delectable mount blocks outward-facing so the pink flanks the star points. I think that I would call mine Stroll in the Rose Garden.

  18. This is a beautiful quilt. I love the outer border. I also like the idea that you can keep adding to it with interesting bits. I think that I would spin the delectable mount blocks outward-facing so the pink flanks the star points. I think that I would call mine Stroll in the Rose Garden.

  25. A feminine hygiene product?
    You called my quilt a feminine hygiene product? How could you? Now I’ll never be able to look at that quilt ~ or pattern ~ without bursting out laughing!
    Isn’t it bad enough that you and Camille have made quilts that are far prettier than mine? I do so love all that red in your quilts.
    I’m off… I need to go finish my Summer’s Eve and Always quilts. 🙂

  26. A feminine hygiene product?
    You called my quilt a feminine hygiene product? How could you? Now I’ll never be able to look at that quilt ~ or pattern ~ without bursting out laughing!
    Isn’t it bad enough that you and Camille have made quilts that are far prettier than mine? I do so love all that red in your quilts.
    I’m off… I need to go finish my Summer’s Eve and Always quilts. 🙂

  27. Gorgeous quilt…yes, needs a better name than Summer Breeze…too too funny you are! I love the pattern on this…so many places to look and explore.

  28. Gorgeous quilt…yes, needs a better name than Summer Breeze…too too funny you are! I love the pattern on this…so many places to look and explore.