I'm rather embarrassed to post these at all, but if this is an archieve of my quits, I have to include the earliest ones, too.
After making Steven a bluejean quilt and my daughter a rainbow quilt, the next one was a lap quilt for me!
After making Steven a bluejean quilt and my daughter a rainbow quilt, the next one was a lap quilt for me!All green fabrics....of course ......and notice that it has birds on it! I haven't changed much over the years. All of my first quilts were cut using a piece of cardboard for a pattern and using scissors. The backs are always a flannel sheet with the edges turned to the front. They are tied and it is a wonder that any of them still survive.....I never washed them much....I'm afraid to because the batting would all ball up inside.
When I made myself a newer bigger one, it was once again green and has dark green flannel on the back. It is still my favorite quilt to snuggle under while reading. I tried to do some machine quilting across a few diagonals....after the binding was done.....and without a walking foot. Groan! Looks saggy and baggy and terrible....but it's cozy!
That first Christmas after I learned to make these lap quilts I made every woman in the family one. I had a lot of leftover pieces that went into this strip quilt and I made the back with half pink flannel and half white flannel left-over pieces! I guess this is what you call "pioneer quilting".....use what you have! Most of these old quilts are now "cat quilts" that protect the furniture from cat hair.
One of my older quilts has a story of sorts.
The TD quilt.
Mike built an MG-TD repli-car. It was an open 2 seater and a lot of fun to drive around in.
When I made myself a newer bigger one, it was once again green and has dark green flannel on the back. It is still my favorite quilt to snuggle under while reading. I tried to do some machine quilting across a few diagonals....after the binding was done.....and without a walking foot. Groan! Looks saggy and baggy and terrible....but it's cozy!
That first Christmas after I learned to make these lap quilts I made every woman in the family one. I had a lot of leftover pieces that went into this strip quilt and I made the back with half pink flannel and half white flannel left-over pieces! I guess this is what you call "pioneer quilting".....use what you have! Most of these old quilts are now "cat quilts" that protect the furniture from cat hair.One of my older quilts has a story of sorts.
The TD quilt.
Mike built an MG-TD repli-car. It was an open 2 seater and a lot of fun to drive around in.Emily liked to ride in the area behind the seats, so we put a seatbelt back there and I made the pillow and quilt that you see for her to keep warm.
We drove around out in the country listening to golden oldies from the 50's and 60's while we explored all the back roads. I wish that I had a photo of Emily in the back with the quilt.
We later traded the car in to get Emily her first real car......a more practical one.
I now use these as my "hammock" quilt and pillow and the cats use the quilt sometimes, also, as shown in one of the sidebar photos.
We drove around out in the country listening to golden oldies from the 50's and 60's while we explored all the back roads. I wish that I had a photo of Emily in the back with the quilt.We later traded the car in to get Emily her first real car......a more practical one.
I now use these as my "hammock" quilt and pillow and the cats use the quilt sometimes, also, as shown in one of the sidebar photos.
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2 comments:
Oh my goodness, you and I started out very simply, didn't we? Using scraps we had, old backing (mine was sheets) and folding the edge onto the front for a binding. Too funny. Now we zip through the cutting with a rotary cutter (where did the scissors go? oh... maybe under the couch, or in a drawer) We machine quilt with a walking foot (who ever heard of one of those 'back then')?
My earliest quilting was just that. Quilting tops that my grandmother and mother never got around to quilting. But, hey, they ended up in my quilt stack so I made out.
I loved your post. Brought back lots of memories.
Ah, yes...how did we survive? I bless my wonderful sister who gave me a mat, ruler and rotary cutter! Of course now I have less excuse when they don't look so good :-) How neat to get a lot of old quilt tops to use and keep!
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