Hope Springs Eternal by Joan B

I've been watching the PQ Challenge from afar for a few years and have been amazed at the creative process.  Just retired and have wanted to get back to being creative with my quilts so here's my first attempt.  I used scraps and fabrics from my stash to create Hope Springs Eternal.  I was inspired by the PQ Mystery - I "love" PQ with the lettering appearing in the design so I used 1 1/2 inch squares to write HOPE.

 

I found the green fabric that was perfect for raw appliqué of the grass for Spring and attempted to create the eternity symbol throughout the border.  A friend of mine suggested I give it to an oncology clinic which made me think of how hopeful I am for the cure of cancer.  My final project ended up 28x12.  It could be a small runner or a wall hanging.

Created by Joan B, Washington

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Stars of Hope by Barbara M

“Stars of Hope” is what I’ve named this 40x50” quilt made from both charm squares and jelly roll strips.

It will go to a group who are providing quilts for the children of Paradise, CA who have lost everything in the fire in November, and who know and thing or two about Hope and how one must never give it up.”

Created by Barb in Tucson for the Project QUILTING “Hope Springs Eternal” Challenge.

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The Pearl of Great Price by Marie

This is representing the ongoing search of hope to find "The Pearl of Great Price."

Created for the Project QUILTING Challenge “Hope Springs Eternal.”

Marie

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream." C.S.Lewis

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“Have a Little Faith” by Shirley Campbell

PQ 10.1 Hope Springs Eternal

"Have a Little Faith"

Shirley Campbell

Pardeeville, WI

How do we find hope in a seemingly hopeless world? A few years ago I helped make a quilt called "Have A Little Faith ". One of the blocks was called Hope Springs Eternal. I put 4 of these blocks together in this table topper with some of the encouraging scripture references. The yellow square in the center represents hope, because hope is the center of our faith. Hope is mentioned over 130 times in the Bible.

I quilted this with a combination of machine quilting and big stitch hand quilting and used a traditional binding. I am definitely no expert in machine embroidery, but decided to try my machine's capabilities to see what I could come up with. The size of the table topper is 15 inches.

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“Adventure” by Amy P

This measures 45 1/2 x 9 1/2. Made with my London fabric. My sister and I are taking my son to England for graduation. We have not had a vacation in 13 years. It's time. 

This is my word for the year too.

Amy, The Turquoise Button

Created for the Project QUILTING “Hope Springs Eternal” Quilt Challenge.

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Hopes for an Organized Sewing Room by Theresa B

Hopes for an organized sewing room

Even though I clean my sewing room, organize fabric and try hard to maintain, I hope every time that it stays that way but my creativity doesn't work that way. Creativity is better than order.  This is pieced and applique. It is 10x13 inches.

Theresa Bradley

Powder Springs,  Georgia

Created for the Project QUILTING Hope Springs Eternal Challenge

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“Hope Springs Eternal” by Diane Crawford

"Hope Springs Eternal".  We all hope for peace, love, security and happiness. For many people, the hope has indeed been eternal.

It takes faith to have continued hope so the icons are displayed in a stained glass window.  (These are charm squares. The project is 17" square.)

Created by Diane Crawford

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