Quilts.Quilts.Quilts.: ::younger daughter:: the prodigal returns

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

::younger daughter:: the prodigal returns

well i guess it's about time i got in on this.

here are two crazy quilt blocks i did this morning. that was a lot of progress, since i haven't actually worked on this quilt in at least 4 years :)

anyone remember what this is going to be?

5 comments:

the gramma said...: Hooray for you!! I don't recall anything about this but looks like the way we do "string" quilt tops.
Please don't wait so long next time!; March 9, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Anonymous said...: V. here...YES I remember this. Was it only 4 yrs. ago? It is little black silhouetes of little stick people and a blue sky with bright yellow star. Great work.; March 11, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Anonymous said...: V. here... Was this a Matisse??; March 11, 2011 at 9:43 PM
a. said...: i am so inspired! will quilt THIS weekend. Maybe; March 12, 2011 at 4:19 PM
blackstarmonkey said...: Yes! it's matisse.
just you wait...; March 14, 2011 at 6:15 PM

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I grew up with a Mom and a Gramma who quilted. They pieced beautiful quilts and then turned them into even more beautiful hand quilted heirlooms. I grew up playing under quilting blocks and tracing the quilting lines with my finger from underneath the quilts. And I grew up in a house where every bed was covered with quilts.

I made my first queen sized tied quilt when I was about 19 years old - I loved choosing the fabrics and placing them together to see the colors - and then seeing how beautiful they became as they were sewn together. I'm still new at piecing, and have never attempted the actual quilting. This is my documented foray into the quilting world.

Since my work is slow, I asked both my Mom and my Gramma and my sister to contribute. We'll document our ideas, and our fabrics, and our process. And hopefully we'll document our finished projects and quilts that are already in our family. In the process, I hope to learn from my Mom and my Gramma since we're too far away to do it together in person.

Thanks for contributing to this online journal with me!