I have finally finished the quilt I have been working on for the last month or two.
My Grandaughter, her two brothers and her cousins each drew a picture on a swatch of material with fabric pens. The ages of the artists ranges from age two to eight. For the two year olds we drew around their hand and they coloured it in. They also did a swatch each. The older children were more creative and two did a self portrait as well as other drawings.
I then made up the patchwork top and sent it off to the quilting lady who has a long arm machine to do the quilting or 'oversewing'. I am not very skillful at doing this final task on my home machine.
The second picture is a close up of the panel I made for the back of the quilt with the date etc and also two little pockets that I can slip notes (or a lolly) into when I go to visit.
10 comments:
It's spectacular!
What a lovely gift - and what a treasure it'll become for the happy recipient!
(I hit "publish" too fast the first time...)
It's beautiful Dorna!
Something to be treasured forever.
Ohhhh! Lovely, lovely, Merinz!!!
Congrats on an amazing labor of love....Your talent is matched by your patience and your steady hand. Beautiful!
Fantastic creation here, blogpal!
The quilt exhibiting your grandchildrens' work is magnificent and will be a family heirloom for sure.
Well done you!! I love it. See what you have been missing all these years. lol
Wow, your quilt is just beautiful ... what a wonderful idea, getting the kids to decorate the blocks.
Thank you for visiting my blog, too ... I always love new visitors.
Take care, Connie
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