quilts I have actually started and why I did
not complete them.
I had made one of these Country Bride quilts for my daughter when she got married in 1997. After all, she was a country bride growing up on a dairy farm. I hand appliqued and hand quilted the thing and even did a scalloped border.
I impulsively (no surprise) decided to make a quick one for a friend getting married that summer. I was going to machine applique and machine quilt in squares. My daughter was helping me, but she and her husband suddenly decided to move to the east coast where he got a job as a pastor. We got all the applique done and even removed all the freezer paper. But did not get past that.
I have to remember that at this time I was still purchasing the very cheap and not so good quality but really nice colours from Joann's fabrics. I had made a few quick quilts in earlier years that wore out way too soon. My Sweet Farmer said he saw how much time I was putting into the hand applique and hand quilting of our daughter's quilt and said I should be using the best quality fabrics that I could find. And now I do. But not with this one.
One of the things that I was having trouble figuring out was how to applique the stems on by machine. I had done the first one by hand. I suppose there is nothing stopping me from doing them by hand here now is there? I think I might use these blocks to practice some fancy dancy free motion quilting.
I have to remember that at this time I was still purchasing the very cheap and not so good quality but really nice colours from Joann's fabrics. I had made a few quick quilts in earlier years that wore out way too soon. My Sweet Farmer said he saw how much time I was putting into the hand applique and hand quilting of our daughter's quilt and said I should be using the best quality fabrics that I could find. And now I do. But not with this one.
One of the things that I was having trouble figuring out was how to applique the stems on by machine. I had done the first one by hand. I suppose there is nothing stopping me from doing them by hand here now is there? I think I might use these blocks to practice some fancy dancy free motion quilting.
All the borders are cut, the extra appliques for the top are made, batting and backing cut and ready to go. But they ended up in a very large pizza box to keep them nice and flat. We gave the bride an envelope with cash. We do that a lot.
Blessings,
Chris
Very pretty blocks.
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