I am keeping up with Amandajean at crazymomquilts.
I may even be a day or two ahead.
I made a few squares with pinks and yellows, but have decided to stick with
these blues and greens for now.
May move into aquas and or lavenders...
What a sentimental journey this has been.
One square is made with fabric from a skirt and jacket set
my Mom made for me when I was "little".
One with a piece of fabric scraps from the peasant blouse I was wearing
when Peter and I met.
Old kitchen curtains, maternity dresses,
the quilt I made for Peter when we were still in college,
Baby clothes, dolly dresses.
I feel like Laura and her family in the little house on the prairie.
I'm actually toying with the idea of making a
companion piece to go with this quilt...a collage with as many
photos of these items as I can put my hands on.
Wouldn't that be fun?
Very pretty and how wonderful to have all these special fabrics to work with! The idea of a companion piece with photos sounds terrific!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cool project...and yours is way prettier than most scrap quilts end up being. A lot of the scraps that i would use from clothing that my sister and i made in junior high are pretty hideous (that 70s look that is so "retro" and popular again) while i do have some scraps of Marimekko that are pretty nice...hmmmm. I have that fabric with the Escher-like birds!! I like your photo montage idea, too....although maybe you might intersperse them in amongst the nine patches??
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