Once upon a time (back in 1989) there was a new(ish) quilter and her husband and toddler. The husband was very indulgent of his wife's hobbies and since she had really enjoyed making a baby quilt for their son, he gifted her a sampler class at the not so local quilt shop about 30 miles south of town as a birthday present. This shop was called "The Osage County Quilt Factory" and was located in a re-purposed church and got a LOT of the wife's discretionary spending over the years that followed.
The husband even picked out the fabrics for the class quilt. The class was taken, the quilt was made, but never quilted. It was tied, however, and went on their bed until it had an unfortunate encounter with a new puppy and was packed away into the basement awaiting repairs. Other quilts took its place keeping them warm in the winter.
Forward nearly three decades. The wife is a widow, other hobbies have had precedence, but she is getting back into quilting. When rummaging through the basement storage area looking for bins full of fabric that she knows are there, the quilt is rediscovered. The previous damage has been compounded by being badly stored.
The wife feels nostalgic about the quilt that is a memory of her early marriage and her late husband's love, so she doesn't want to just trash it. Most of the fabric is still in decent shape (with one exception) and so she takes the quilt top apart..... (colors truer in this photo).
Now she has a pile of 12 inch blocks. Blocks that have some structural issues and lots of 'beginner' mistakes. And the old style sampler setting does not appeal much any more.
Her new quilting friends at her church were working on Pat Sloan's Solstice last winter, and she loved the quilts that resulted. It has a lot of 12 inch blocks and random sashing that can be used to make undersized blocks the correct dimensions. There is now a plan..................
(to be continued)
Kicking this off to join Jo's Country Junction Unfinished BoM Challenge for 2018
The husband even picked out the fabrics for the class quilt. The class was taken, the quilt was made, but never quilted. It was tied, however, and went on their bed until it had an unfortunate encounter with a new puppy and was packed away into the basement awaiting repairs. Other quilts took its place keeping them warm in the winter.
Forward nearly three decades. The wife is a widow, other hobbies have had precedence, but she is getting back into quilting. When rummaging through the basement storage area looking for bins full of fabric that she knows are there, the quilt is rediscovered. The previous damage has been compounded by being badly stored.
The wife feels nostalgic about the quilt that is a memory of her early marriage and her late husband's love, so she doesn't want to just trash it. Most of the fabric is still in decent shape (with one exception) and so she takes the quilt top apart..... (colors truer in this photo).
Now she has a pile of 12 inch blocks. Blocks that have some structural issues and lots of 'beginner' mistakes. And the old style sampler setting does not appeal much any more.
Her new quilting friends at her church were working on Pat Sloan's Solstice last winter, and she loved the quilts that resulted. It has a lot of 12 inch blocks and random sashing that can be used to make undersized blocks the correct dimensions. There is now a plan..................
(to be continued)
Kicking this off to join Jo's Country Junction Unfinished BoM Challenge for 2018
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