My shades-of-dusty-blue Misty Mountains quilt is a variation of the Thousand Pyramids design. You might have guessed that we had been reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories.
The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted by my quilting group (the Great Iowa Quilt Factory) in 1983. Elongated hearts are quilted in the lighter triangles. The backing is a printed fabric rather than plain.
Using some of the same fabrics, I made a miniature Schoolhouse quilt for a doll bed, and an even smaller Nine Patch with a Prairie Points border for fun. Well, it was fun back then!
The Misty Mountains quilt won a Blue Ribbon at the Iowa State Fair for a group quilt, was shown in the 1985 Invitational Quilt Show at the Des Moines Civic Center in conjunction with The Quilters musical.
In 1993, it was part of Quilt Extravaganza IV at Hoyt Sherman Place, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, in Des Moines.
Gorgeous!!
Thanks, Darlene!
Outstanding work, Joy!
Thanks, GP!
That is amazing. My sis’s SIL quilts so I well know how much work this is.
Jacqui, it was fun at the time, but these days I’d call it work as well!
That’s a beautiful quilt, definitely prize-worthy!
Thank you, Liz.
You’re welcome, Joy.
A beautiful award wining quilt, Joy. Where is is now?
I still have it, stored in an old wardrobe. Thank you, John. I hope my granddaughter (age 7) will love it someday!
I’m sure they will, Joy.
Very nice!
Thank you, Tim!
That’s a wonderful quilt! Love it!
Thanks, Andrew!
Wow! Love how talented you are, Joy! 🥰❤️🥰
Were! Another lifetime ago! Thank you, dear.
Oh, no! You are talented in many ways, dear one! 🥰❤️🥰
It looks good, Joy, definitely worthy of the blue ribbon.
Love the quilt and the mini! 🙂 You are so very talented!!!
Thanks, Linda. It was fun back then but I sure can’t do it anymore!
Lovely quilt! Hopefully, someone in your family has inherited your quilting skills. 🙂
Thank you, Nancy. One cousin just retired from owning a quilt shop!