The first quilt I remember ever seeing was when I was in 4th grade. My friend and her sister shared a room. Each had a quilt made by their grandma on their bed. One was all trianges and the other hexagons. They were made out of their outgrown baby clothes. I thought they were so cool and neat looking. They wished for store bought comforters. Figures, doesn't it?
marcella
Okay, Jalynne, repeat after me: "The next quilt I make will be for my bed." I was really selfish, and the first one I made was a keeper (although it was for the guest bed rather than our bed). I went for a long time before I made another one for us, but now I have several that will stay in the family.
We don't have children, but each of the step-grandchildren have a baby quilt and now that they're a little older, I think it's time to start work on a grown-up version for them. If I start their graduation quilts now, I might have them done in time (six years for the first one!).
Grandmother.
DeAnna,
Memories are great, aren't they? That's really cool that your grandmother sent you the quilt your dad has slept under as a boy. I didn't ever have a quilt that Dad had used, but I do remember having an old "army blanket" that had been his, and it had that same comforting feeling to it.
I hope wherever that whoever has the DWR today appreciates it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a way to track it down?
I just looked up the poem -- hate to admit I'd never heard of it before. I can see why you love it!
I would have done the same thing at 18! I've always had an "eyes are bigger than my stomach" mentality when it came to creative projects -- I have great plans for doing something, but I then find out I really don't have the interest I thought I would or I totally lack the skill to pull it off. It's a good thing I didn't try quilting back then or I probably would have lost interest in a hurry!
Louise >
Julia,
Have you decided on the pattern and colors for Grandchild #2 yet?
Believe it or not, I used templates for the TATW I made! Back then, we didn't have rotary cutters, so even the simplest pattern was made using templates. I think I made mine from sandpaper, though, not the plastic-y thing in the bacon package!
But those holes are filled with love, and that's what really important, isn't it?
Louise in Iowa "Emilia" > quilting, Julie said she always had a quilt in her life thanks to her
Love the story about the garage sale!
You'll decide (or the quilt will decide for you) when it's time to keep one. Something in it will touch your heart, and you'll know you can't let it go. They have a way of talking to you, you know.
Oh, believe me, i am working on a quilt for our bed. I'm hand piecing it and hand quilting it, so it'll be a while yet. The top is about 1/10th done so far...LOL. I might make something by machine in the meantime, we'll see. I have a few other UFO's to get through before I even can think about that.
Louise,
I re-read my post...and realized I need spell check in the worst way...
I set aside projects for a long time, or keep them in the 'project in mind stage' for a long time, but I usually get back to them and finish them. Last year I finished two quilts I started in 1996.
It is not a matter of losing interest, but of finding things that are more interesting, such as climbing...On my last climbing trip, I did take some handwork with me.
lisae
The Nielands wrote:
I grew up on "A Child's Garden of Verses" I can recite most of them from memory. I had three copies, all illustrated differently and beautifully. Look at some of the other poems. They're wonderful!
Betty in CT
Grandmother.
I know that templates were the way things used to be done all the time. I know there are many people that still use templates by choice and I know that there are some pieced patterns that require it still (not to mention applique). I know a lot of people used cardboard from cereal boxes. I don't know how my grandmother figured out to use the plastic packaging from the bacon; she probably just tried it. Sandpaper at least wouldn't slip while tracing. It is amazing that their generation recycled more than the subsequent ones due to the Depression and the major Wars.
Come to think of it- I never saw any appliqued quilts in her house. She pieced by machine and hand quilted.
Great thread to read. Thanks!
Julie Richmond, VA
Yes, I love "The Swing", too. I find myself chanting it whenever I take my DGDs to the playground. And "The Cherry Tree" because we had a huge flowering cherry that I could climb in.
Betty in CT
The double wedding ring quilt that was on my Grandma's bed. It was, as I learned later, made by my great-grandmother.
Maureen
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