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Our book to read and discuss during March 2014 is A Drunkard's Path by Clare O'Donohue. Get the book from your local library or bookstore and join us! It's also available on Kindle right here.
The main character in the book is twenty-six-year-old Nell Fitzgerald. At the beginning of the book, Nell is beginning to take art classes and preparing for her first date with Police Chief Jesse Dewalt. She works part-time at her grandmother's shop, Someday Quilts, and is an amateur sleuth on the side. If you'd like to create a quilt block that represents them, I found some free patterns on the internet:
Main Character Nell Fitzgerald:
Art Square Quilt Block Pattern shown above
Grandmother's Choice Quilt Block
Grandmother's Choice Quilt Block II shown below
Star of Mystery Quilt Block Pattern
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Nell's first quilt is a Christmas wallhanging. What was the first quilt that you ever made? Inquiring minds want to know! By commenting, you'll be entering to win a copy of A Time for Peace (Quilts of Lancaster County) by Barbara Cameron. If you are reading this via email, you must click on the title of my blog post to be able to comment and read the comments of others. The winner will be announced on April 1.
You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post My Irish Great-Grandpa Sampler Quilt and an Irish Tea.
My first quilt was putting together what was left from my grandmother's cross stitch blocks with solid blocks to give to my mom. Grandma did the cross stitch was she was in her 80s and I finished it to give to mom when she was in her 80s. I have it back now that mom is in a nursing home. Didn't own a sewing machine so hand stitched nor did I have rotary cutters so it was cut with normal scissors. Then I appliqued sashing on it AFTER it had been put together. LOL.
ReplyDeleteMy first quilt was a rail fence quilt I made as a teen out of fabric scraps from sewing clothing projects. Our dog is currently sleeping on it!
ReplyDeleteMy first quilt is only 16.5" square. We had to hand stitch every stitch, no machine. That quilt now sits under my stereo by my hand quilting frame. I just took it to my beginning quilting class to show the ladies my beginnings, and I also took later quilts to show improvement.
ReplyDeleteMy first quilt was a scrap quilt made from old clothes worn by myself, my sisters and other family members. It was simply squares and I used a blanket as a backing. I think I was in high school or maybe freshman in college.
ReplyDeleteMy first "quilt" was probably made for my doll house bed My first bed cover was tied and made of squares of left-over fabrics from someone who altered men's suits mixed with red wool ... made for warmth in our un-heated apartment. My first real quilt was a Cathedral Window, made of scraps from my grandmother's disintegrating quilt and kids clothing. I can only recall one quilt made entirely of fabrics purchased for that purpose ... and that was for a class.
ReplyDeleteI was a preteen when I worked on my first quilt--hand quilting on Grandma's which she let all her grands quilt; frame was set up in kitchen. Late 90's I took a class and made a wall hanging. I still have it.
ReplyDeleteMy first quilt was a Disappearing 9 patch using squares cut out of old jeans. Looking at that quilt and the troubles I had with it I'm amazed I finished it and even more amazed I kept making quilts.
ReplyDeleteMy first quilt was a pattern I designed (very simple) which I used family photos printed on fabric as for the middle of the blocks. I guess you can call it a memory quilt. It was for my niece who was going away to college.
ReplyDeleteMy first "quilt" was a patchwork made out of those fabric samples Grandma used to get. She brought some when they came to visit when I was 8 and she taught me how to stitch them together and I made it into a tiny pillow.
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