HOME SWEET COLORADO HOME

  My family homesteaded in southeast Colorado in 1876, the year that Colorado became a state.   One grandmother, both of my parents, and I were all born in a small town in southeast Colorado.  Our roots run deep!  I've been blessed to be raised and live here; never wanting to reside anywhere else.  There are many places and things that remind me of how special Colorado is to me.  In this quilt, I wanted to highlight some of those memories. 

  Using the medium of wool applique, I decided to showcase vignettes in a format similar to a gallery wall.  That was the concept; this is the quilt.

THE STATS:  Home Sweet Colorado Home, 2023, 26" x 26", Machine Appliqued, Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted

I have done wool applique small quilts before, however this is definitely a design-as- you-go quilt with no pattern  --  just scribbles and scissors. 

ROW 1 (left to right)

 1.  The Colorado State flag -- to me it is beautiful in its simplicity.

2.  Fond memories as a boarding student at St. Scholastica Academy in Canon City with a nod to the Holy Cross Abbey now a winery.

3.  A field of sunflowers in Colorado makes my heart happy.

4.  The Clock Tower on Canon City's main street was originally on the top of the county courthouse, a beautiful building but demolished c.1950s.

ROW 2:

 1.  Canon City's annual Blossom Festival was begun in the middle 1800s and continues today.  Fun times over the years!

2.  The Royal Gorge Bridge and Park owned by the City of Canon City with lots of family time spent there over the years.  My mother was there on the opening day of the bridge in October 1929.

3.  The river, ponds, and mountains abound in our area.

ROW 3:

1.  My family's homestead in southeast Colorado established in 1876.

2.  A sunset in Colorado -- always beautiful setting behind the mountains.

3.  The state flower, the columbine, and the beauty of the aspen trees in the Fall.

ROW 4:

1.  Colorado's license plate with the mountains supposedly as the view of the foothills west of Canon City.

2.  The picket fence in front of our home in Canon City.

3.   My birth place, Rocky Ford, was once known as the "Melon Capital of the World" and for the fields of zinnias grown for seed.

 There is no place like home!