I have a tendency to have a meaning to each quilt. I prefer the traditional on my terms. I make my quilts with fabrics that mean something to me (a remembrance of one sort or another), that have a meaning. It is kind of hard to explain. I made an anniversary quilt for my husband and me with fabric that I bought at a special quilt shop and when I look at it now, finished, I will always remember our trip to Iowa to renew our vows for our 50th, visiting my husband's aunt in the Amana Colonies, visiting the homestead which is so very precious to me. Also, I made a Memory Quilt that took over a year to put together, with memories of my childhood. I found fabric that would go with each block that I can look at and totally recall an event or a pet or a friend or a neighborhood, a holiday.
I am now working on an Amish quilt with fabric from my aunt. It will remind me of my husband's and my trip to Lancaster, Penn, Gettysburg, Harrisburg. I would like to make a Civil War quilt because of the visit to Gettysburg and reading "The Union Quilters and the Dove in the Window quilt in the story and how beautiful the story was.
Everything has to have a meaning to my style. People can recognize my quilts also. Edie