Thank you Roberta

While looking for something the other day, I came across this little piece.  Back in 2005 I was lucky enough to take a workshop from Roberta Horton.  What a thrill - I've been a fan of her work for years.  Our assignment was to bring a basket of scraps and do a freehand portrait of ourselves (I took the literary license to be a brunett LOL)!!  I finished this the day of the workshop and then didn't really know how I wanted to finish it - so it's been waiting.

Back in 2010, I made this quilt for Kim's 2nd book.  By this time I had 2 grandchildren and a blog.  My granddaughter had started calling me "Nana Girl", so I used that name for my blog and Kim called this quilt "Flowers for Nana Girl".  For a lot of reasons - this is a very special quilt to me.

These are some of the scraps I had left and I decided to use this palette to finish the quilt.  I had lots of little HST's left over from making the quilt, so I started "playing" to see where it would lead. I had absolutely no plan in mind.  And while this is not as wild as it could have been - I could hear Victoria cheering me on :-)!!  Thanks for your inspiration.

And here is where I ended up!  I am so happy with my little "self portrait" - I've got it pinned and ready to quilt.

I'm going to hang this in my little sitting room where I will see it every day.

Seeing all these little happy triangles and the beautiful fabric is the perfect finish for this. 

Back in 2005 when I took this workshop my granddaughter was only 10 months old - Nana Girl didn't even exist yet. But now Nana Girl is a part of my life that I love - having this blog and hearing my 2 older grandchildren call me Nana Girl. So thank you Roberta, for this wonderful reminder of so many things that make me happy.
Until next time,

Karen