Two quilts ...

We often bounce ideas of each other, work collaboratively, share fabrics and tools, make quilts in similar styles or from the same pattern - those are some of the perks of belonging to a group. Then at other times, two people light on the same plan independently, like this story of two Elaines, one quilt design (discovered on the same bus/shopping trip several years ago, and this month we saw the two quilts, one a recently finished top, the other finished and used for some time ...

Elaine W's quilt top was finished recently ...

Elaine G's quilt has been finished for some time, with
the addition of a border of ginko leaves ...

... and her very fine hand quilting

Another appliqued ginko leaf  serves as the label,