The first quilt?

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!).

Louise in Iowa
"Jalynne" wrote in message
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Even though i had quilters in my family, I never had one until I started
making them.
In fact, I still don't have one for my bed, either. But that will
change...i'm
working on it! And...my DD will always have one of my quilts to grace her
bed...always.

--
Jalynne
Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request)
see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne


"LN (remove NOSPAM)" wrote in message
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Never had one til I started making them. Actually, that's why I started
making them. I still don't have one for my bed (cept an old store
bought...it's falling apart, of course).

I envy people who had quilters in their family.

--
LN in NH
a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér
all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts!
http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed

"The Nielands" wrote in message
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In an e-mail replying to Diana's thread about getting started in
quilting,
Julie said she always had a quilt in her life thanks to her
Grandmother.
That got me to thinking (a dangerous thing at this time of day when
I'm
tired from work!). What's the first quilt you remember in your life?

Like Julie, mine was one from Grandma. It was a Trip Around The World
in
fabric from the 30s and 40s (I'm guessing on that part). I remember it
being
on my bed upstairs in the old farmhouse we lived in, and I'd sit and
trace
each "trip" with my finger. I'm sure it was hand quilted, and I just
loved
that quilt! When I finally learned to quilt in the 80s, TATW was my
first
project, and I think it might still be my favorite pattern.

So what's the first quilt you remember (even if it was from just last
year)?

Louise in Iowa