Many of the fabrics in the quilt on the left were sent to me by my daughter-in-law's mother after a visit to Chicago to see us. There are special fabrics in here that have meaning to her/us: butterflies which she loves and water-like fabrics to represent their cottage we visited outside Kingston, Ontario. I added some fabrics to blend with them, including the reddish fabric you see to represent the feldspar mines (quarries?) near their cottage.
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| Back with knock-off Minkee -- yummy! |
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| Turtle Crossing. Don't you love it? |
I've named this quilt "Road to Verona" as their cottage is near Verona, Ontario and the pattern is "County Lines" I think. I love it for what it represents and don't think I could ever give it to anyone other than them or our son/daughter-in-law. It has been a favorite watching TV quilt over the last two winters.
Do you have quilts that are special in some way and they can only stay with you or a select few? Who could appreciate a quilt more than the lucky person who was gifted the fabrics?
The sign below is for laughs. This is a legitmate sign on a side road near their cottage reminding drivers to watch for turtles during the summer months. Gotta keep that camera -- this is one of those pix that makes me smile everytime I see it!
Keep piecing! Jan
2 comments:
I have such a hard time using some fabrics, hence the stash. Just last week I was thinking of making a quilt for someone and planning a trip to the quilt store...why not just go down to the quilt cave and pick something out?!? Weird!
I think the scrappy quilts are the hardest ones to part with...each one is kind of a snapshot of my stash at that moment in time.
Beautiful quilt...I know they will cherish it always!
In stitches,
Teresa :o)
Keep the quilts you love, gift the rest. I have my favorite 12 or so that I'll probably never give away. I have found that after a year I'm ready to give some of them away too, just not right away when they are first finished.
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