30 years in the making…
30 years in the making…
I kept stashing away the quilt top thinking I’d someday finish it. Last week, I had a flash of reality and sent it off to my cousin to quilt. I’m so happy I did! She has one of those amazing machines (the size of a room!) and was able to quilt it quickly.
Harris wanted a photo of him with the quilt.
Harris wanted a photo of him with the quilt.
Pam Cook #48
Re: 30 years in the making…
It's beautiful! I have a feeling that quilting is something I'm going to pick up sooner or later. But I'm mostly interested in putting together tops. I'd have to send everything off to be quilted. I don't have the patience to do it by hand, and if I tried to push it through my regular machine I'd probably ruin the whole thing.
Julie Fugina
#26 in the order of the PAO
#26 in the order of the PAO
Re: 30 years in the making…
I highly recommend my cousin for the quilting. If you ever do make a top and need someone, let me know. She also sells completed quilts as well.
Pam Cook #48
Re: 30 years in the making…
It's beautiful, Pam. Love the colors.
Sue in NC (formerly known as Sue in Colorado)
Re: 30 years in the making…
It's beautiful!! I'm the same way Julie - I've made a few table runner tops, but have never finished anything.
Gwen Godfrey
#6 in the order of PAO
#6 in the order of PAO
Re: 30 years in the making…
Pam, that is beautiful. My mom is a quilter but has struggled the last couples of years do to her eye sight. So she’s been taking her tops to a group of ladies at a quilting club to finish them. It’s good to know that your cousin can do it too.
Laurie Bennett #118 on POA
North Carolina
North Carolina
Re: 30 years in the making…
NICE!
Love the color combo
Love the color combo
Be Yourself, Everyone else is taken
Elizabeth in Brooklyn
Elizabeth in Brooklyn
Re: 30 years in the making…
Now you're talking my other creative endeavor.
This is wonderful Pam!!! Doesn't it feel great to have it DONE!?
Harris is a handsome little man.
"Pushing" a big quilt sandwich through a domestic machine is a challenge, but it can be done. But having access to a long arm machine...priceless.
This is wonderful Pam!!! Doesn't it feel great to have it DONE!?
Harris is a handsome little man.
"Pushing" a big quilt sandwich through a domestic machine is a challenge, but it can be done. But having access to a long arm machine...priceless.
Pat from NW OHIO
Midwest, USA
Midwest, USA
Re: 30 years in the making…
A beautiful quilt.
What a cutie he is!
What a cutie he is!
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Re: 30 years in the making…
This is beautiful & an amazing accomplishment. Way to go, friend!
I come from a long lineage of quilters, most of which were in very rural Appalachia where quilts were made of necessity. As a child, I remember mom “repurposing”, or “recycling” clothing into quilt pieces. It was fun to look at a “new” quilt and see an old dress or one of my brothers’ shirts. I’ve struggled with wanting to love quilting and eventually came to the conclusion I simply don’t.
Your quilt makes me wonder if I’ve always been too overwhelmed with being able to complete one…perhaps I should get out that appliquéd baby quilt top that I started for Lucas 10 years ago and finish it, then get your cousin’s information. He’s the only descendants of my mom’s without one of her quilts…
Thank you for sharing, Pam, and for always inspiring & encouraging us. Your quilt “hanger” may be the best one ever!
I come from a long lineage of quilters, most of which were in very rural Appalachia where quilts were made of necessity. As a child, I remember mom “repurposing”, or “recycling” clothing into quilt pieces. It was fun to look at a “new” quilt and see an old dress or one of my brothers’ shirts. I’ve struggled with wanting to love quilting and eventually came to the conclusion I simply don’t.
Your quilt makes me wonder if I’ve always been too overwhelmed with being able to complete one…perhaps I should get out that appliquéd baby quilt top that I started for Lucas 10 years ago and finish it, then get your cousin’s information. He’s the only descendants of my mom’s without one of her quilts…
Thank you for sharing, Pam, and for always inspiring & encouraging us. Your quilt “hanger” may be the best one ever!
Re: 30 years in the making…
I learned to quilt in Grandma’s kitchen. Her quilt frame hung from the ceiling over the table from ropes. At meal time, we’d wrap the ropes around the corners, raising it up to the ceiling causing the light in the room to be dim. I think all her quilt tops were made from clothing pieces. She would have never approved of machine quilting but I don’t mind so much. Besides, her treadle Singer would have never been able to handle machine quilting.
Pam Cook #48
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Re: 30 years in the making…
Mom's last quilting frame was a floor model that sat in their sun room until about a year after daddy passed & she moved across the state to be closer to my brother...I wonder what happened to it.
All those tiny stitches through layers & layers...
I sometimes wonder if our ancestors would be in awe of the luxurious machines we have that make some of their tasks so much easier. Mine certainly welcomed indoor plumbing and automatic washing machines, even wringer washers!
All those tiny stitches through layers & layers...
I sometimes wonder if our ancestors would be in awe of the luxurious machines we have that make some of their tasks so much easier. Mine certainly welcomed indoor plumbing and automatic washing machines, even wringer washers!
Re: 30 years in the making…the quilt
I remember when I was in elementary school before
my sister's wedding, my mother and several of her
friends would gather around a quilting frame in an
upstairs bedroom to create a quilt as a shower gift
for my sister. It was a simple block design made with
pink, white and blue rectangles. I wonder if my sister
still has it, I'll have here to ask her now that I thought
about it
my sister's wedding, my mother and several of her
friends would gather around a quilting frame in an
upstairs bedroom to create a quilt as a shower gift
for my sister. It was a simple block design made with
pink, white and blue rectangles. I wonder if my sister
still has it, I'll have here to ask her now that I thought
about it
Be Yourself, Everyone else is taken
Elizabeth in Brooklyn
Elizabeth in Brooklyn
Re: 30 years in the making…
This is so beautiful, Pam, you must be thrilled to have it finished at long last.