Quilting legacy

I mentioned in one of my first posts that my Grandmother was a keen quilter. She also spun, knitted and dyed wool and sewed and stitched many projects which I remember very fondly and look to for inspiration and memories now.

Here is the quilt she made me in 1993 in my favourite pink and blue colours - as you can see she used a variety of traditional block patterns incorporating materials with different textures and durability levels - some are more threadbare than others now!

The only other quilt that my grandmother made that is in my parent's house is of a very different style and includes appliqué. She chose to use all pain fabric and I think was particularly interested in Picasso and Matisse when she made it.

My Gran used to ask us what we wanted her to put in her quilts, this particular one has my parents names embroidered in it as she had asked them for ideas.

Here you can see a pig, a bird and an apple. I love the way that everything is hand quilted and slightly wobbly. It makes the pieces really tactile and genuinely makes them seem fill of my Gran's character. Like me she was not what you would describe as a precise person!

This weekend I hope to finish putting my first large quilt together as well as completing a couple of other smaller projects. Here is some stitching I did last night - bringing together some lovely vintage feedsack fabrics that I bought from Sal's Snippets.