My Momma Sewed My Clothes
From her toddler to college days, I made her clothes. I saved the scraps, and they moved approximately twenty-five times over the years. I wanted those scraps to be a quilt for her some day. I was not a quilter but wanted to be.
I started trying to quilt in late 2002. I know I bought part of this in 2006, but don't actually know when I started.
The pattern is called Garden Girl. I hand embroidered the feet and arms and did a blanket stitch around the clothes. I finally decided if she was ever going to get this quilt in my lifetime, I would have to have it professionally quilted.
I did the binding over the past ten days, put the label on Christmas Eve, and gave it to her Christmas morning. It has truly been a labor of love.
She is now forty-five.