How fun! Just see how much you have learned over time in quilting! Now you get your fun quilt back and get a do-over:)
-- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff:
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Hi Guys,
> If you remember, I posted last week about the pink floral quilt I had made
> for my VDMIL and that I had gotten back now that she is in a Nursing Home.
> Well, the other thing I got back was one of the very first pieced quilts I ever
> made -- a christmas gift for her. It is made of something like 43 different
> cat print fabrics, has a small panel set in the center and is surrounded by
> HSTs in a pinwheel type pattern. I had tied the quilt and used poly batting
> (what did I know way back then before I got online and found you guys?) and, to
> make matters even worse, I SERGED the HST pieces together to make blocks!!!!!
> You wanna talk about thick seams? This baby has some *think* seam > intersections!!!!
> I had just gotten the serger when I made this quilt and that was back in
> autumn of 1994. I must have been having fun sewing stuff with the new serger
> -- LOLOL! I also sewed all the blocks together on the serger and pieced the
> panel together with nylong thread. Instead of putting binding around the edge,
> I wrapped the backing around to the front. Nothing wrong with that but I sewed
> it down with nylon thread -- *cheap* nylon thread at that !
> I have now removed the yarn ties (and I hadn't put anywhere near enough of
> them on the quilt originally) and taken the quilt sandwich apart. Some of the
> nylon thread I used to sew pieces to the panel to make it the right size had
> broken so I will take all of that apart and redo it. I am just gonna leave the
> serged blocks alone cuz' THIS quilt I will keep and use for MOI! My VDMIL used
> to tease me almost every time we talked about the way I like my kitties :-))).
> I don't mind the heavy seam intersections and will just use a bit longer stitch
> length when I machine quilt the whole thing. The mismatched points will have
> to stay where they are -- adds character dontchaknow :-)).
> Anyway, when I look at this poor quilt 9 years later, I wonder what I was
> thinking when I did the blocks on the serger and I laugh at myself. But I also
> remember how it made my VDMIL laugh when I talked to her that Christmas morning
> all those years ago! I think getting this quilt back as a keepsake (knowing
> that I can redo it to make it more usable for me) is better than getting
> something that she had bought for herself. Every time I see this quilt, I
> remember how she *loved* it and used it and cherished it and laughed and teased
> me about all those cat fabrics saying "Oh YOU -- you and your da*ned cats".
> That quilt made her smile every time SHE looked at it and THAT knowledge means
> more to me than anything material of hers I might get as a memento.
> I have acquired even MORE cat fabrics in the 9 years since I made that
> quilt. I wonder if I should add a few borders? I DO know that this time I
> will use a different backing (the old one was white poly-cotton and pieced) and
> I will use binding around the edges. Fixing this quilt will be at least as
> much fun as making the original. CiaoMeow >^;;^ .
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^ Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their
WHISKERS!!
> Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!
>