MQE partnered Carolyn Johnson (CreativeClarissa) U.K. with me, Marie Joerger (MarieJoerger) New Hampshire, USA as Team #114. I was very excited to be a part of this exchange. Carolyn and I begin our adventure by emailing and messaging details about our life’s back and forth finding that we have a great deal in common. We both have busy lives and work in family businesses. It was fun spending time getting to know each other. I have enjoyed this exchange a great deal and was lucky to be partnered with such a lovely person as Carolyn. In deciding what to base our art quilts on, we looked to our own area of this world we live in and planned to create something to capture and share a bit of each of ‘our’ worlds. For my part I decided to recreate a large quilt I had made into a mini. My original design for the quilt is called 'Modern Lost in the Big Woods'. As I believe that Fall is the most beautiful time in my part of the USA I chose to center on that. My quilt is machine pieced using a technique I call ‘Fracture ½ Square Triangles’ to add a pop of golden red to the piece. I used Fall colors throughout the quilt with just the most vibrant orange and reds to make the tree explode as trees do during Fall in New England. I added multi-sized crystals to suggest the flow of wind. It is my hope that Carolyn will feel a little of New England when she receives her new quilt!