Labour of Love
When we first got married, Dave and I decided to create something together, that would take us some time to make and then we would be able to cherish it for the rest of our lives. To that end, we embarked on the (mammoth) task of sewing our own patchwork quilt.
Each winter we rescue it from our craftwork cupboard and every evening for a couple of weeks, we sit together sewing a bit more of it. The sides of each little hexagon is about one inch long and we quietly wish that we had made them a bit bigger, but there is no point in changing it now we have come so far with it and it does look absolutely gorgeous.
At one point, we had made it almost large enough for our double bed and then, inevitably, we got a larger bed, so it was back to the drawing board to enlarge the design to fit our new sleeping arrangements.
Most of the fabrics come from my scraps collection, many of them are pieces cut from much loved and worn out clothes, like dresses that Cecily outgrew many years ago and snippets from other creations.
It's almost time to pull out of the cupboard again and revisit the memories that it evokes for us.
Here's how it looked back in 2004, it's grown a little since then, but probably won't be finished for years to come yet!
Chat soon, Liz
Each winter we rescue it from our craftwork cupboard and every evening for a couple of weeks, we sit together sewing a bit more of it. The sides of each little hexagon is about one inch long and we quietly wish that we had made them a bit bigger, but there is no point in changing it now we have come so far with it and it does look absolutely gorgeous.
At one point, we had made it almost large enough for our double bed and then, inevitably, we got a larger bed, so it was back to the drawing board to enlarge the design to fit our new sleeping arrangements.
Most of the fabrics come from my scraps collection, many of them are pieces cut from much loved and worn out clothes, like dresses that Cecily outgrew many years ago and snippets from other creations.
It's almost time to pull out of the cupboard again and revisit the memories that it evokes for us.
Here's how it looked back in 2004, it's grown a little since then, but probably won't be finished for years to come yet!
Chat soon, Liz
Labels: patchwork quilts
posted by Pretty Practicals | 14:25
2 Comments:
Wow. That is really pretty. I bet that has taken hours upon hours! Do you hand sew each piece? That is a really neat project and one that will be able to be passed on for generations. My great grandmother used to hand sew quilts like that. I am the proud owner of three of them. I can never look at them without being in awe of the amount of time and work she put into each one. One day your great grandchildren will look at your quilt and think the same thing.
P.S. Sorry its been so long since I've been back. I have been crazy busy!
Hi Michelle, oh how funny ~ I was just reading your blog as you left the message! Yes, we have hand sewn all the pieces, Dave is actually much better at it than me ~ he does incy-wincy stitches, so I tend to do all the preparation of the hexagons, tacking (baste-ing) them into shape and he sews them together. Great team work, eh?
Chat soon, Liz
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