I thought I'd share my first attempt at quilting and applique. I began it about 15 years ago - a king size! What was I thinking. Its all hand stitched. Still in the process of hand quilting. None of the "flowers" is exactly the same.
The little one I made in 2004 for my first grandson. Don't laugh. As I look at it now, I wonder why its so "plain". The cow is made from the scraps of her wedding and MOH's gown alterations and the Moon is from my wedding dress.
I love making "scrappy" quilts or applique quilts from clothes that have meaning. When my girlfriends husband passed several years ago, I helped her "clean out the closets and draws". As she did, she would stop and tell a story about a particular shirt or old swim suit a tie. I threw those in a separate pile later cutting them up and making a quilt for her and pillows for her four children.
Some think it morbid, but some love holding/wrapping themselves in the "love".
Jonah's "The Cow Jumped over the Moon" quilt
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Grandmother's Garden - my first quilt
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