I decided to participate in The Blogger’s Quilt Festival this time around. I chose to enter this quilt for two reasons — 1. It is finished 2. I haven’t shown it here because I finished it a couple months before I started blogging. The quilt was started in January 2001 and finished in September 2007.
I call this quilt There’s No Place Like Home. It is from The Stitch Connection pattern Home is Where the Heart Is. I’ve done a lot of personalizing on this project. Names of people and places, addresses, and adjustments that reflect my lifestyle. I choose to make quilts for odd reasons at times. I decided to make this one when I saw the bands that go above or below each month’s block.
The details are what appeal to me at shows so I’m posting a detail shot of each block. If you go to quilt shows just for the big picture, you can stop reading now. I had a lot of fun with the quilting. The tan border has several sayings about home. I’m hoping the pictures show up big enough for you to spot the details.
January
February
The names of everyone in our immediate family are quilted in the hearts on the February band.
March
April
The number on the mail box is our house number.
May
The name on the bee hive is my business name.
June
July
The July block has some tiny shells quilted onto the beach.
August
The sky in the August block has words for animal sounds quilted into the sky.
September
The school house sign has the initials for the boys’ school.
October
I choose not to celebrate Halloween so I replaced the witch and ghost in the original pattern with my own scarecrow and cornstalks. There are tiny quilted leaves blowing across the sky.
November
The sign held by the turkey reflects a vegetarian lifestyle.
December
The holly in the December band is miniscule.
Sonya's Snippets 
Oh, thank you for providing so many photos. What a lovely quilt with such personal detail…………and quilting words into a background is one of my all-time favorite motifs !
Wow, I LOVE this quilt!
Thanks for sharing the details. I love looking at all “the bits” in story quilts.
That quilt is fantastic! Thanks for all the detailed pictures. You did a fantastic job on appliqueing and quilting it!
All of the special touches in this quilt is amazing!
You have created a family keepsake that will be
loved for generations!
I especially like the heart background quilting pattern in the February border.
Very sweet quilt!
Oh my gosh I am SO glad you did the close-up pictures – this quilt is brilliant!!! I love it all, the blocks, the quilting, the colors, the personalization – love the mad kid on the school bus, lol – thank you for sharing this! WOW!
It´s so so cute, all the details must have taken you years (I’m not sure if I wrote this right) (-_-;). A hug from Mexico
Fun details everywhere!
wow! what a lovely quilt, and the details really make it. thank you for including the detail shots.
I love it! You also chose beautiful colors!
What a labor of love! You’ve created your legacy here, and it’s a treasured keepsake. Bravo!
Diane
I love your work, but this is the most awesome of all! I love the way you personalized it. I tried to find the pattern, but could only find it for quilt shops to order. I will ask my local shop. I would love to make my own family quilt with my pets and kids, ets. Thank you for the constant inspiration. Gina P.
I love how you personalised this already very cute quilt, how very special.
What a wonderful quilt. I love the little personal touches you put into it.
WOW – so much detail!
What a wonderful quilt. It has so much work. Congratulations!!!!!
The years it took to make was well worth the effort. It’s outstanding.
WOW! SO SO SO many personal touches! Great work!
Delightful Quilt & great story. Thanks so much for sharing and for participating in the Bloggers Quilt Festival.
SewCalGal
http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
Gorgeous!!! Thanks for showing close ups of each month. I love that you personalized each block. I think the beehive with the little Beetle car is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing.
I love your quilt. It is so fun to look at each block. Thanks for sharing it with us.
lot of work in this quilt – it looks like a job well done to me!
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
Oh wow! This quilt is incredible. Great job!
Each picture block is cuter than the next. I also love the log cabin border. Great work!
Thanks so much for sharing this pattern. I’ll be looking for it at my next quilt show outing. Looking at the closeups, I’d say you had a great time integrating the quilting with the pattern. Fabulous job!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful quilt and for all the details– Exactly what makes a quilt so special is when we put a bit of ourselves in it. You’ve made a treasure.
oh my….lovely quilt!!
Amazing to see all those beautiful applique.
Really a treasure 🙂
That is just awesome. I was going to choose a favorite block but I can’t. The turkey one ranks right up there!!
This is a gorgeous quilt!!! I LOVE the amazing quilting you did!!! And, all the little personal touches are wonderful! ; ) Thanks for sharing.
I was looking for samples of how to quilt the sky. Each of your skies are unique and appropriate. Great job. I hope I do as well.
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Hello Sonya,
We think that your “Home Is Where the Heart Is” quilt is beautiful, and we would like to feature a photo of the September “Back to School” block on our blog, Quilt Inspiration http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.com We will place your name and a link to your blog right next to the photo. We think that our readers would really enjoy your website and would be very interested in your comments on the construction of this quilt.
Thank you,
Marina and Daryl at Quilt Inspiration
Hi Sonya,
What a fantastic quilt.
I love every detail that went into it.
You are a very talented lady.
Marie
P.S. I posted it on my lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/quiltingblogsthatilove
awesome!