Around 1984, when I had not been sewing long, I started working on a patchwork quilt.
Soon after, I met Jim, we found a house and there were more important calls on my time. For a long time the pieces
languished untouched but not forgotten in my fabric store, until early 2002, when my mother in law treated herself
to a quilt, and my enthusiasm was rekindled.
Once all the pieces were sewn together, I topstitched every seam with one of the decorative stitches built into
my machine. Some 3 miles of thread later, I was ready to sew the layers together, and added an embroidery to indicate
the length of time the project had taken and my name change along the way!
I now have BIG ideas for another
quilt, combining patchwork and the embroidery features of my machine
to make a very personal quilt depicting big events of our lives, rather like a fabric version of the old family
bible. It could take a while .... |