I had the pleasure of sharing the making of this vibrant quilt with my youngest sister
Ariane. It's gotta be one of my all-time favourite projects. While visiting my parents this past weekend I re-discovered it and just had to share it with you. Every time I encounter it, I love it more.
The unnamed queen-size quilt was made a few years ago as a gift for my parents' wedding anniversary. It lives in our beautiful childhood home (in my old bedroom in fact) where my parents reside to this day. It was created after a pattern by
Lynn Roddy Brown in her book
Simple Strategies for Scrap Quilts. In fact, our inspiration quilt is right there on the cover.
I remember Ariane and I getting together to make our version of the nine-patch, the discussions over colour, the pooling of resources, the shopping trips, the strip-cutting, the chain-piecing. I also remember my sister lugging her old reliable sewing machine to and from my house. I remember us sitting there at my dining room table each at our old machines, chatting and sewing, sewing and chatting. We machine-pieced the quilt but when it came to quilting, we decided to hand-quilt it. We quilted it on our laps, echoing the simple piecing.
Working on this quilt with my sister is a memory I will always cherish. One I hope to repeat again. And possibly again after that. Maybe one day Ariane?
♥M
HERE is Ariane's post about this quilt from back in 2009.
