Every month, we would make a quilt block for each other and send it out. At the time, I was living in Walled Lake and she was in Boston Location, so it was a fun way to keep in touch. One rule we had was that the blocks all had to be pieced by hand.
For each month, we separately picked out a pattern that we felt represented that month. These are the blocks that Barb sent to me. I added the sashings and borders and assembled the quilt. Let's see if I can remember the block names and what they represented -- beginning at upper left and going to lower right.
January: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul (something many of us do in January)!February:Amethyst (birthstone for February)
March: Weathervane
April: Double Wedding Ring
May is the logo for a quilt show we attended together at the mall in Troy -- good memories
June: Lover's Knot (Ma and Dad's anniversary)
July: Liberty Star
August: Lazy Days
September: Indian Summer
October: Devil's Claws (Halloween)
November: Turkey Tracks
December: Snowball Wreath
This next quilt is composed of the blocks I stitched and sent to Barb -- She did a beautiful job of putting them all together -- love her quilting stitches!
The blocks in this quilt are:
January - Snow Crystals
February - Arrowheads (I guess that must have made me think of cupid's arrows for Valentines)
March - Wedding Ring (for Barb & Bill's anniversary)
April - Lilies (for Easter)
May - American Tulip (memories of the Tulip Festival in Holland)
June - Memory (can't remember why;)
July - Strawberry Basket
August - County Fair
September - Best of All (for my favorite sis's birthday)
October - Love Ring (for Sweetest Day)
November - Storm at Sea (for Edmund Fitzgerald)
December - Bethlehem Star
It was always a treat to open up the mail and see what block had been made each month. We were both surprised that we never both came up with the same idea for a monthly block.
Oh, we were so ambitious back then. We were mere beginners and yet we were thrilled to take on the task - and were never late, that I remember. Not only did we have to find a quilt name to match the month; but often we had to RE-draft the pattern to make it the 12" block size. The "memory" that slipped your mind was this: JUNE was the joint project quilt that we made. It was a memory quilt for mom & dad's 40th Anniversary. Each of us, Carol, Ann, Judy & I made 10 blocks for a total of 40 memories. Another major project that we joyously jumped into without much fear. Oh, to be young again.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the first photo..quilt blowing in the breeze.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! And I love the quilts.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts ~ both of them! The setting you used on your quilt is fabulous. Fun, fun memories!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!! I stopped by here earlier and forgot to look through through all the posts I hadn't seen yet- glad I came back!!
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