Saturday, October 18, 2008

Quilting and Sewing Friends

This section is to share ideas, photos of your quilts, and anything else related to the fine craftsmanship of needlework.

3 comments:

Susan said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Susan said...

I've been clearing out the excess from my storage room and sewing room. Many of these boxes and bags have not been opened for many years.

I found the strips of a denim and calico coverlet that I designed and started on in or around 1975.

Once I had the long strips all sewn together and layed out a few rows, it seemed to be really, really large. I planned for it to cover a waterbed from floor to floor.

When I got out the tape measure it measured 13' long. Yep, thirteen feet square quilt is what I had going. I knew it could never be actually quilted, I had planned on just lining the back.

Georgia Bonesteel was the only one on TV to teach us at that time. I bought her book then wrote to her explaining my dilemna. I was always horrible at math, but this was a huge mathematical error!!

She was truly supportive of my efforts and did a good job of making me feel I wasn't a total idiot.

Yes, I found the box. The denim and calico strips. The squares are around 2". The mixed blessing is that each row is numbered with a smalll piece of paper pinned on.

I'm thinking if nothing else, I will take the strips outside on a day with no wind and lay them out and take a picture. Of course, there's a precise pattern layout.

Talk about the oldest UFO!!

Susan

Susan said...
This comment has been removed by the author.