strongemspan style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"The Avenues/span/em/strongbr/ br/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"Although the designer of this pattern was inspired by San Franciscorsquo;s /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"ldquo;Painted Ladiesrdquo; district, I named my interpretation after The Avenues, /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"a distinctive landmark along the steep streets above Salt Lake City. /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"This iconic Victorian-era neighborhood has undergone many changes /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"over its 175 years. While only a few architecturally treasured homes /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"have been spared through historical preservation, The Avenues still has /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"a distinctive and eclectic elegance, oddness, and charm. Building these /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"one-of-a-kind houses from fabric scraps and leftovers was lots of fun./spanbr/ br/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"(P.S. The horse fabric on the back has no symbolic, or any other kind of, /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"connection to this quilt except that it was a ldquo;stampederdquo; of the right colors /spanbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"and it was quality Free Spirit fabric on the clearance shelf.)/spanbr/ br/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"Pieced by/spanbr/strongspan style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"Kathy Cracroft Wilhelmsen/span/strongbr/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"(Draper, Utah ndash; 2021)/spanbr/ br/strongspan style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"Pattern /span/strongspan style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"bystrong Eye Candy Quilts/strong/spanbr/ br/span style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"Quilted by/spanbr/strongspan style="font-family:bookman old style,serif;"Eagle Mountain Quilting/span/strong