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hobbykat1955 10-13-2019 03:50 AM

Embroidered Family History Quilt
 
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I was a novice in 2007 when I bought myself the Husq SE emb sewing machine. I bought it due to its software that could convert photos with allot of learning and tweeting into stitches. I was deep into my husbands family tree since we rec'd written materials and photos from the 1800's going bk to his great grandparents on his fathers side.
I decided to try my hand at my interpetation of a Family Tree with all their vital information.
The quilt starts with GGP and ends with my husb father. I emb their history including their occupations and then emb or appliqued a symbol I.e GGF. Was a furniture maker so I emb a table, his GF and G Uncle worked for newspapers. They had actual newspapers we rec'd from Ohio where they all lived from the 1800's they saved.
Of course I knew nothing abt quilting and putting it together but winged it all.
Well after it hanging for yrs with no batting and a waffle weave what u use for dish towels backing and SID, not a novice now, I recently took it apart and found my seams were all diff sizes along with the blocks.
So I took it all apart redid the cornerstones on the blocks that had them. Sized each block to the same size and did my correct seam allowance, batting and backing.
I decided to send it off for quilting and left the designs up to her. She did each block diff and a wonderful job going around each emb.
I finally hung it in our new Hse in the great rm for all to see...

TheMerkleFamily 10-13-2019 04:00 AM

That's quite the keepsake quilt! Beautifully done :)

Tartan 10-13-2019 04:03 AM

Great family history quilt!

Nita 10-13-2019 04:14 AM

Wonderfully made and very special keepsake.

juliasb 10-13-2019 04:27 AM

Very beautiful and creative in your design. You should be very proud of yourself with this piece of art and family history.

Maggie_Sue 10-13-2019 05:27 AM

Oh my, that is a great family history quilt!!! And the quilting by
Chrismah, makes it very special!!!

Tish05 10-13-2019 06:25 AM

That is a great piece of history. Really brave of you to take it apart and remake it. :)

helou 10-13-2019 06:58 AM

great idea and very well done.

Nvango 10-13-2019 07:27 AM

That is a wonderful way to record history and a great family heirloom!

MicheleC 10-13-2019 07:29 AM

What a treasure! I love the idea of having such a history on a quilt. Superb!


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