Tuesday is always a busy day for me. I go to the Cambridge Food Pantry at noon to unpack and shelve the boxes of food that the volunteers bring back from the food bank. That usually takes about two hours, but today, even thought there were a lot of boxes, there were also a lot of us unpacking them. We were done by 1pm.
Braeden comes to the farm at 3pm with his grandmother Terry. He helps brush and feed the animals. (Today we went to see the frog and frog eggs in the pond too) Usually I have yoga in the evening, but my class was canceled which allowed me to get a lot done on my Kid’s Hankie Quilt.
The first thing I did this morning in my studio was finish piecing together the sides of the quilt and sewing them on.
Then I sewed the top part together and onto the quilt. It, like the rest of the quilt, is made from vintage kids hankies and strips of fabric from my stash.
It’s hard to see in this picture, the red fabric surrounding the quilt looks solid, but its actually tiny white polka dots on red.
The top of the quilt is almost done. It just needs a final border around it and perhaps a thin line around that.
I tried out a few different fabrics, but as I left my studio I was pretty certain that I’ll use the big white and red polka dot fabric.
I’ll know for sure tomorrow.
Such fantastic work. Thanks as always for sharing with us, Maria!
Oh thanks Maggie. :)
Maria! This is one unique quilt! I remember many of those pictures from the Golden Book series when I was quite young (I am 73 now). Just looking at the quilt in a picture makes me feel sentimental for my childhood and my boys’ being young and just learning to identify things in pictures. Lucky the person who gets this quilt!
Carol
Oh Carol, I can imagine some of these images from The Golden Books, even though I don’t remember any of them in particular. I love that it brought up good memories for you. I’m making the quilt for Chris who is a pediatric nurse. She will wrap it around herself when she works when it gets chilly.