Here are the photos of the the family quilt that I promised! Tell me what you think!
Damon's aunt a while ago asked me to make a family history quilt. Saying that then the quilt would be raffled off at the next Brimhall reunion. I liked the idea but in the end decided to just give it to Damon's mom and her siblings to share.
This quilt took a long time to make. I spent hours and hours surfing the internet alone just looking for the perfect blocks to use in this quilt.
I had help from Damon on what to put in it and he assisted in putting it together as well. His mom helped with information and I used ideas from a family history book his aunt gave us.
Paper piecing was the main technique that I used with touches of traditional piecing through out.
The majority of the quotes came from Lori Holt's Family Reunion quilt pattern.
Damon's Grandma was known for her pies! Damon has made this strawberry pie for me and it is
heaven in your mouth!
His grandma also played the ukulele.
This is something his grandma would always say.
His grandma always cleaned her dishes with Joy dish soap and bathed with bars of Zest soap. It was said that she lived how she cleaned.
I had Esther make this family tree on her PhotoShop program that she has and then she sent it into Spoonflower and I ordered it. I actually ordered it about three or four times for various reasons (we all know that means I goofed up that many times so I had no choice).
This flying geese panel Damon made and did awesome! I had made one like it first and some how, after it was all sewn up, I squared it up wrong. I was so devastated that Damon came to the rescue as he always does.
This quote I threw in there from off of Pinterest.
Damon's Grandpa played the Saxophone and he would always say this:
"I get a lot of requests but I play anyway."
Also, Mary, the gal who quilted my quilt, put a musical note right above the Sax.
Love it!
Damon has some Native American history in his family tree. Damon's grandpa grew up in a family that ran trading posts at various locations in Northwest New Mexico. Anyway there is a Native American rug that is in the family and this block is supposed to be identical to a part of that rug.
This block is called Grandmother's Flowers. It is by Charise Creates. I love Charise and this is not the first pattern of hers that I use in this quilt. Yes. There's more.
This is the second. It is called Vintage block Light and Shadow.
I really love this one and have made a whole stack of them to make a lovely quilt of my very own!
And just so you know--it's a paper pieced pattern.
I know you'll sleep better knowing that.
And thirdly, it was Charise who designed the grandparents house for me.
So along the way of working on this quilt I would have dreams of things that I felt that I needed to put in the quilt. For instances this block: Damon's Grandpa was not an official barber but would always cut his grandkids hair. And from what I understand they didn't like it. At least Damon didn't.
I dreamed about the back ground color of this block and that there should be a bird in it.
Also, this is what Damon's granddad would always say.
This is a wall hanging that was found in the grandparents home.
This was either a dream or a prompting to put into the quilt. Damon's grandpa was a butcher.
I paid someone $50 to make this paper pieced pattern for me. It was one expensive pattern.
The label on back. =)
For the backing I pieced a lot of left over fabric from the quilt top, but not all of it. Oh no. I have more. Lots more. I bought so much fabric for this thing, it's sad.
It looks like I neglected to get a close up of the knitting needles (and the jam too,-- I'll have to add them in next time I see the quilt). Damon's grandma knew how to knit and made afghans for her grandchildren.
If you can't read any of the quotes let me know and I'll translate them for you. :)
