My grandmother Vennie Watson Wicker was a seamstress---I inherited none of her skill---just the remnants of her old sewing machine pictured above. But, I loved quilts, had just quit teaching to have my children and decided I would make my children each a quilt with swatches of cloth from their clothing which I also intended to (and often did) make.
So, I took several classes and decided I really liked the Cathedral Window---it was something I could do watching TV at night and didn't need a quilting frame. As you can see by the squares above, I decided to make them larger when I determined how many I would need to make a quilt.
And, as I made their clothes, I saved swatches.
I even dutifully cut them out ready to get going on that quilt.
The quilt, pictured above with a Kleenex box, never got too far. At one point I'd scaled down my dreams to "I'll make each girl a doll quilt from swatches of her clothes." Obviously, that didn't work either. This quilt isn't even big enough for a Barbie doll. So, I changed my focus---maybe I needed to make a different kind of quilt. . .
2 comments:
Nice plan though! I finally donated the red plaid that I intended to make into the cute matching jumpers when the girls were 4 and 8. Can't part with the patterns quite yet...
pot holder. surprise me & put it in my stocking this christmas. ;)
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