Sunshine and Shadow

Sunshine and Shadow, a scrap quilt made from family clothing and sewing projects, 72" x 64"

Made in 1987 and then mended in 2021 by replacing worn patches with new fabrics, some of them velvet. 

The original backing was pink cotton, almost all the quilting stitches had worn away but not the cloth.  In the spring of 2021, I finished the mending of this quilt by beginning from the outside edge and going around the rectangle working my way towards the middle with a running stitch and big thread.     

The above photo is closer to the  original quilt, but there have been quite a few replacements already.  I'll try to find an earlier photo.  The quilt was much loved by my father since 1993.  I think that it took me nearly 10 years to piece (1977- 1987) by machine.  I recognize the floral skirts I used to wear in the 70's.   

A forgotten quilt, it is just getting into the list now.  

109        1987   mended 2021
 

pauline's diamond cover up

I made a lot of small quilts in the 80's as baby gifts for my friends.

This is a small quilt that I made for my mother, Pauline.  The colours were chosen to go with her living room furniture, I thought she could use it as a sofa throw in the house I grew up in.

My parents moved a couple of years later to a condominium and my mother's rhumatoid arthritis began acting up.  She used this quilt every day and night of her final years as a cover up in her wheel chair and also her bed.  I am so glad that I made it.  It was a gift of love and touch.  She took it with her to the hospital on her several visits, and when nurses complimented her, she said that they should google my name.  

cotton blends, 50 x 36", hand pieced and hand quilted

number 108    1984
 

sea gulls

Sea gulls  

When we moved from Thunder Bay to Kenora the children and I (4 and 2 years) drove past the landfill site and we were all amazed at the murmurations of sea gulls that flocked there.  I went home and created this small quilt from fabrics dyed with rit kitchen dye.  I remember hanging the small amounts of cotton on the line.  The seagulls were painted on afterwards using white acrylic paint.  

I was very excited by my discovery of art quilts and how I could fit the hand piecing and hand quilting into my busy life as a young mom. 

I just found this quilt and am adding it to the list.  

cotton, rit dye, acrylic paint, hand pieced and hand quilted  37 x 21 inches 1984

this is number 107