Over twenty-five years ago, my only sister and her husband started their family. In honor of the birth of their first two children I made baby quilts to show my love for them and their babies. Recently they became grandparents for the first time, and those quilts resurfaced after years of being carefully stowed away. When I made them I did not have the foresight to take pictures of them, and my memory of them was vague. My sister was kind enough to remedy that and sent pictures of each embroidered square and the finished quilts. My stitching was far from perfect, but my heart was in the right place.
Nicholas’ quilt…Vicky (my sister) sent me a piece of the wallpaper used in the nursery, and I sketched the characters. The backing was a piece of plaid cotton discarded by the factory that made clothing for Levi Strauss. In the 80’s they took loads of discontinued fabric to the local landfill and it was quickly claimed and repurposed. (Repurposing is not a new concept at all.) When the factory found local quilters and sewers salvaged the fabric they began incinerating it instead of sending it to the dump.
Matthew’s quilt coming soon…
Until next time…
Let all your things be done with charity. 1 Corinthians 16:14
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what sweet characters stitched in love 🙂
what a bad use of resources from the factory – I guess they worry about copycats and copyrights but really…
I like your story.
How sweet! It is so funny how there is nothing new…..embroidery and repurposing are both popular now. 🙂
How very special Judy! What a happy family you have and they are so lucky to have you! Happy tea!
absolutely precious and charming and to think of the Love, warmth and comfort it’s given these years!
oxo
I loved all these photos of your precious quilt, and even more I was so happy to read your blog for this day as it had been a while and I was worried that you might be ill again. Now, I am going back for one more look-see at all the embroidery you did. So very sweet. Lennie
I think the embroidery is DARLING!
And what a shame about Levi-Strauss wasting that fabric! How absurd! The logic of that escapes me!
Aww, how amazing those little embroderies are, Judy! I love love LOVE quilts and hope to one day make one with embroidery as well. This one is very inspiring.
~RUBY
I would treasure this above any ‘perfectly’ stitched quilt; to me, it’s perfect, and I imagine your sister would agree with me. Those chubby mice . . . 🙂
Your sister does agree. It is so amazing to be able to share special things from my childrens’ lives with their children. The little quilts have become even more precious now that they are used for my grand baby. We are indeed lucky to have you in our lives. Thank you dear sister.