Five Decades of Quilting

In preparing for the QQQ Birthday Party I realized that I had made at least one quilt in each of the decades of my life. Here they are:

1960’s

My First Quilt: With the help of my mother, I embroidered the bear blocks and completed this quilt to display at a church young girls’ activity.

1970’s Red Tied Quilt: I made this quilt to take to college.

1980’s

Seasame Street Quilt (1982): (above) This quilt was made when I was pregnant with my first baby. We Won, We Got the Right Baby!: For Christmas in 1985, I made my 3 year old daughter and her doll each a purple nightgown and tied quilt. Matching infant sized items were made with the left over fabric. After finding out she had a sister, Emily exclaimed – “We won, we got the right baby!”

1990’s
Cow Quilt: Emily loved cows and wanted a “Cow” quilt. Only fabric in the sewing room was used. This was the beginning of “FUN BACKS”. (Back of the cow quilt)

Jennie’s Animal Bedspread with Wooden Animals: Having just learned about machine quilting, I made Jennie this animal bedspread and painted the wooden animals to coordinate with the bedspread.
2000’s

Living Room Easy Pieces: (Left) While taking a log cabin quilting class with Nana (my mother-in-law), I also signed up for an Easy Pieces class. It was during this class that I realized that you could do more with your quilts than just blocks and sashings.

She Quilts – I Cook: (Top right) When I saw this panel, I immediately thought of my dear husband and how supportive and patient he is of my quilting obsession…and it’s a good thing he cooks!!

Living Room Water Color Basket: (Bottom right) This watercolor basket was created to match my New York living room.

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