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This was probably the third quilt I made. There was no pattern, just a block to use.
I said it looks like dinosaur foot prints to my middle son.
He thought so too and wanted me to use it.
He would have been about 7 or 8, and in love with dinosaurs.
Of the three boys, he was the one who actually got involved with quilts and even tried sewing himself way back when.
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Check out the hand quilting. I really did that so long ago. I made a few more with hand quilting. It took forever and I didn't find it soothing or relaxing. Once I started sending them off to be machine quilted, I never looked back.
For years my mom would say, "you should be hand quilting that"
But, Mom, I don't enjoy it.
"well you could tie it then."
Oh please, Mom!
I never liked sleeping under grandma's bumpy, yarn tied quilts.
I don't really like tied quilts.
I think that after nearly 20 years of this same conversation, she has finally given up trying to get me to hand quilt anything. Now she just whimpers when I say a quilt is off to the quilters.
This was a quilt made to be used, and it was. It's age is starting to show.
I am not sure this is worth fixing. There are many areas of wear on it.
For now it will just stay in his closet.
5 comments:
Very pretty. I think I kind of remember when you made this one! Or at least maybe you talking about it later. That means we have been friends for a long time. :)
It is a treasure...a wonderful quilt!!
That block ("Barrister's Block" ??) was used in one of my very early quilts, too!
Oh yes.....I have always liked this pattern. Your colors/fabric choices are good!!
I think you should just put this one up....w-a-y in the back of the closet and then when he has some little ones of his own....maybe you can pull it back out and do a little 'grandma' repairs!!!!
Such fun memories. It is nice to take this trip down memory lane with you. i did the same thing in my quilting life.. hand quilted at first, because I didn't know what else to do. Did not enjoy it too much and wasn't very good at it. Gave that up. Now I rarely even hand-sew the back of a binding!
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