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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 ... 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 news:i3x2b.258043$o%2.117708@sccrnsc02... In an e-mail replying to Diana's thread about getting started in quilting, Julie said she always had a quilt in her life thanks to her Grandmother. That got me to thinking (a dangerous thing at this time of day when I'm tired from work!). What's the first quilt you remember in your life? Like Julie, mine was one from Grandma. It was a Trip Around The World in fabric from the 30s and 40s (I'm guessing on that part). I remember it being on my bed upstairs in the old farmhouse we lived in, and I'd sit and trace each "trip" with my finger. I'm sure it was hand quilted, and I just loved that quilt! When I finally learned to quilt in the 80s, TATW was my first project, and I think it might still be my favorite pattern. So what's the first quilt you remember (even if it was from just last year)? Louise in Iowa |
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The first quilt I remember was a crazy quilt. I still have it. My mother
found some foundation squares that had been started by a great-aunt (I think) and finished making the top. It has pieces from my GGM's wedding dress, GGFs wedding vest and lots of other bits of clothing over three generations. The only embroidery on it is herringbone stitches around the pieces. The back is green satin quilted with a feather pattern onto a 2" thick wool batt, and the top appliqued onto that. When we were sick and had to stay in bed Mother would get it out for us to sleep under. That's probably why I love the Robert Louis Stevenson poem "The Land of Counterpane". Betty in CT "The Nielands" wrote in message news:i3x2b.258043$o%2.117708@sccrnsc02... 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 |
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I'm sitting here thinking about the beginnings of quilts in my life and
when I actually received my first quilt. I remember watching when I grew up, my sister cutting and stitching away on quilts. Her memories are the clearest any way. (my sister it 21 years older than I am). I was in my late teens when I received a quilt top from her for Christmas one year. I was in love with it. However because of my lack of experience I thought it best to put it aside for a couple years. Well I finally put it together down the line and wish that I could have done a better job at it. Anyway the quilt was used hard and furious for a number of years and mending after mending, it finally could not be fixed again (sigh). My sister and that quilt were the biggest inspiration to my search to learn quilting. I tried more times than imaginable to re-create the pattern she used but to no avail. Now I am sure that everyone special in my life has a quilt that can be used and/or passed down to another generation. My second grandchild will be here in a few months and this child too will come into this world with a quilt from Nana. juliasb The Nielands wrote: 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 -- come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http:\\www.nwlife.com |
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"The Nielands" wrote in
news:i3x2b.258043$o%2.117708@sccrnsc02: 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 I also still have my "first" quilt. It was from my grandmother's house. It's a log cabin. It is so old and worn that it is almost all white now... and full of holes... |
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My first quilt has a sorta funny story.
Many women in my family are incredible seamstresses but none quilt. My then boyfriend and I were out looking at garage sales on a Sunday morning. We followed the signs to one and started looking around. I found a nice, simple twin-sized grandmother's fan done in blue and whites and hand-quilted in somewhat large, loose stitches. It has a poly-cotton sheet backing brought round to the front. Nothing extraordinary but still pretty. I wasn't sure exactly who the other man at the sale was. He was the only one there but he looked like he was going through the things for sale too. He wasn't the cleanest person I've ever seen. He noticed me looking around and said somewhat spontaneously "Scott's upstairs, but I can sell that for him, do you want to buy it?" I said yes and readily agreed to buy it for the asking price of $5. He looked sorry he hadn't asked for more but continued to pick stuff up. As we were driving away we saw him loading "his" things into his shopping cart. The man was homeless. He'd found these garage sale items left out overnight and must have pocketed my $5. I felt guilty about that for a while but then I realized whoever was selling this stuff didn't care much about it if he couldn't be bothered to bring it in overnight. The quilt is in far better care in my hands and the homeless guy probably needed my $5. So I think everything turned out for the best. The amusing thing in all of this is that I gave this quilt to my current boyfriend and have given all the others I've made myself to various people. So I'm a stealth quilter at my home. It takes a quilter to know one. You'd see my stash of cottons organized by color and my rotary cutter and mat. Other than that there isn't a quilt in the place. And it may be blasphemy but I'm not sure I want one. Maybe it's only the mother of all quilts for me... Maybe I just haven't found *my* quilting voice. -Charlotte |
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Charlotte Henson wrote:
The amusing thing in all of this is that I gave this quilt to my current boyfriend and have given all the others I've made myself to various people. So I'm a stealth quilter at my home. It takes a quilter to know one. You'd see my stash of cottons organized by color and my rotary cutter and mat. Other than that there isn't a quilt in the place. And it may be blasphemy but I'm not sure I want one. Maybe it's only the mother of all quilts for me... Maybe I just haven't found *my* quilting voice. That's ok. Think of it this way... your gifts are practice. When you really want a quilt of your own, you'll have athe skills to make one that will last the rest of your life and be a true heirloom. I don't have many things that I've made myself- I only have 2 beds and blankets enough for 6. And there's no wall space, since I used to paint (most of those I still have). But my parents have this family cabin in the woods, and there's a lot of beds up there... so I have a lot of places to put them that aren't in my house. So don't expect to see a lot of quilts in my home. I think there's only one that I made here- and that protects the stash by allowing cats to sleep on that instead of in stash. -georg |
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Bonnie wrote: The first quilt that I made that I kept was a drunkard's path that I got the colors reversed on one square. The pattern was lost because of that mistake. Afterwards, I made another one with the correct pattern - I kept that one also! Bonnie, The second time did you do it with the same colors? Or did you branch out? Do you keep those two with each other? I find these choices very interesting.... -Charlotte |
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Oh? Did I know this about you? Oh, just read your last line. Nevermind.
Sigh. -- 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 "Charlotte Henson" wrote in message ... I'm happy giving them away. I feel like a Jeannie Cottonseed of quilts. It's working! -Charlotte (no LN, if you ALREADY quilt then giving you one won't start you on a lifetime of quilting, see?) |
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I did use different fabrics - I can't do two things alike. They are displayed in the same room. Many people can't see the mistake, but it is glaring to me. -- Bonnie NJ |
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Charlotte Henson wrote:
georg wrote: I don't have many things that I've made myself- I only have 2 beds and blankets enough for 6. And there's no wall space, since I used to paint (most of those I still have). Ohhh! painting! That's next up for me. I need more space, of course. Sadly, I can't paint any more. Something about not being able to paint and keep breathing. It's this inability that has driven my artistic skills to seek other, less toxic artforms. So no hand-dying for me either. But that's ok, I can make some really cool artwork now, that never would have occurred to me to try before this. No one else in my family paints, except my husband's cousin, and she's a professional. But since there's other fabric artists in the family, they can appreciate the effort. -georg |
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