grandmother's cross

I made this quilt, actually a tied comforter, back around 1980. I had been quilting just a few years. I stepped out of the initial "pillows and place mats" stage, and made my first bed quilt.

Past blogs detail both the story of the quilt and the stories of the fabrics I used.

The fabrics in the quilt are all mementos of past sewing projects, sewn both by my mom and childhood self. And my husband and I have slept with it, as did our kids when young and in our family bed. So, by 2020, it was showing signs ...

added by Ann 3 months ago. under family heirloom , grandmother's cross , quilt repair , tied quilt , vintage fabrics

We had just a few holiday plans, no travel, no guests, and so I decided that sewing on all sorts of back-burner projects of my own was The Thing To Do. It was so fun! Here are the results.

The farm.
Another (could it be the last?) quilt in my Something From Nothing series. This one's been in the planning stage for nearly two years, taking tiny steps towards construction. It entered full-out construction mode during a fiber retreat in October. And now it's done! (It's made with plastic produce bags.)

A flannel tunic.
Warm as they ...

added by Ann 6 years, 3 months ago. under commemorative quilt , dated quilt , family heirloom , family history , grandmother's cross , name inscribed quilt , quilt repair , solar system quilt , something from nothing

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