I am just finishing up a quilt I called Vintage Rose. It incorporates a vintage embroidered doily (which was a giveaway from my weekly quilters group; read about it here) appliquéd on a vintage linen napkin, vintage cutter quilt rose blocks bought on eBay, a vintage glove, and vintage tatting, buttons, and other linens.
Worn rose-shaped buttons frame "Rose" in her heart-shaped doily.
The rose appliqués were in bad shape. I covered them with sheer tulle, machine sewed it along the appliqué, then trimmed it. The tatted roses are trimmed from doilies I bought a while back.
A few months ago when I bought out a dealers linen stash there were a dozen gloves included (read about it
here). This one is satin with a pretty crystal button.
On my bed I put the second quilt I ever made, made in 1991. I used Mom's painting shirts, all red plaids. I found the block pattern in a magazine, just the block, no instructions. I pretty much made up my own instructions. I had no idea what I was doing at the time. In the middle of appliquéing the hearts I met Holly Perry who taught me the appliqué and quilt stitches. We joined the quilt group at the church, which is still going on 24 years later with many of the same ladies.
Mom was an oil painter. She took her first classes in adult education back when I was a tyke. Later in life she took private lessons.
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| One of Mom's paintings |
Mom died of cancer in 1990. She was 57 years old.
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| Mom about 38 years old at the time of my graduation from high school |
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| Mom in 'the project' in her Jitterbug Queen days |
Read About
Songs My Mother Sang Me found at
http://theliteratequilter.blogspot.com/2014/04/songs-my-mother-sang-me-1940s-novelty.html
