Quilt for Grandma & Pop
This is one of my favorite Quilts, because I designed it myself, and it's so personal.. It's about 36" by 42".
My best friend helped me draw out my idea on a large sheet of brown paper, taped to the floor, and I cut it apart to use as pattern pieces.
It's a family tree, with apples on it, and the apples have all the names of my parent's children and grandchildren embroidered . The sun has my parents' names on it, and is a separate quilted piece attached after the body of the quilt was done.
In the background I appliqued an F-15 fighter plane zooming into the wild blue yonder as a nod to my Father's 20 years in the Air Force working on that plane. I used a silhouette of an F-16 to trace out the applique, and did my best to straighten up the tailfins, but I didn't fool Dad.
He liked the Quilt anyway.
Fantastic quilt. I just adore the sun!
ReplyDeletei like the sun being added afterwards. Gives a different feel to the quilt. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet family quilt. Thanks for sharing about it.
ReplyDeleteSo creative and full of memories! thanks for sharing! Debbie
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt! It is so original.
ReplyDeleteDarling family quilt! Love your interpretation!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and personal quilt.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Love that sun
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute quilt. I love the way you used the quilting to create texture in the design.
ReplyDeleteSweet quilt! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteBellissimo!!!!
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