These quilts were made with fabric given to me by a very dear woman named Dorothea. She was an accomplished hand quilter ... and made each of her 6 children exquisite quilts in the 70's and 80's. She pieced by hand. And quilted by hand.
But her arthritis got so painful she could no longer quilt.
I dated her son Chris and she was just tickled that I was a quilter. As none of her children or grandchildren quilted or sewed she gave me all her fabric.
That Christmas I made Dorothea a quilt ... a quilt for the Quilter. I used at least one piece of every single fabric that she had given me.
There are hourglass blocks, because there are lots of hours in making a quilt.
There are appliqued hearts, because quilters love to quilt.
There are spool blocks, because lots of thread is used.
And there are a few random crazy patch blocks, because quilters have to have a little crazy streak to cut fabric into little pieces just to sew them back together again.
She loved the quilt. And was very touched. That made us all very happy.
Just finished is this little baby quilt ... very country, and very scrappy. It was made with little unused pieces that Dorothea had already cut ... I just had to cut a few more.
The blocks are sashed with unbleached muslin squares alternating with calico squares ... I don't know what the pattern would be called, but I really like how it turned out.
So that is how I came to have all these sweet little calico's from the 1970's. I made these quilts for my Etsy shop ... I know someone will love the 1970's calico's and the Little House look of these quilts.
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| Checkerboard Lap Quilt |
But her arthritis got so painful she could no longer quilt.
I dated her son Chris and she was just tickled that I was a quilter. As none of her children or grandchildren quilted or sewed she gave me all her fabric.
That Christmas I made Dorothea a quilt ... a quilt for the Quilter. I used at least one piece of every single fabric that she had given me.
There are hourglass blocks, because there are lots of hours in making a quilt.
There are appliqued hearts, because quilters love to quilt.
There are spool blocks, because lots of thread is used.
And there are a few random crazy patch blocks, because quilters have to have a little crazy streak to cut fabric into little pieces just to sew them back together again.
She loved the quilt. And was very touched. That made us all very happy.
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| Chris with the Quilters Quilt for his Mom |
Just finished is this little baby quilt ... very country, and very scrappy. It was made with little unused pieces that Dorothea had already cut ... I just had to cut a few more.
The blocks are sashed with unbleached muslin squares alternating with calico squares ... I don't know what the pattern would be called, but I really like how it turned out.
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| Scrappy Baby Quilt ... |
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| ... with a darling scrappy 'make do' back |
So that is how I came to have all these sweet little calico's from the 1970's. I made these quilts for my Etsy shop ... I know someone will love the 1970's calico's and the Little House look of these quilts.
