Family Project

As usual, I'm working on several projects and have finished none........so I thought I'd post a quilt that I finished a few years ago. It's called 'Blocks of Love" and was made for our mom's birthday. It's a family quilt and each member made their own block, even the younger members. Three were especially beautiful paintings, a Christmas one done by my sister Wanda, a farm house by my sister Tracey, and a river painted by Carl. Some traced their hands, a brother-in-law put an actual tire tread from a motorcyle, another brother-in-law who works for hydro, spray painted his block 'black' as you can see, and I broke 3 needles trying to sew around it........AND.... another brother-in-law traced his foot......comedians in every family eh? There were poems and flowers, an appliqued fire engine for a special nephew, a see-through photo from Samantha surrounded by french knots, intertwined hands from sister-in-law Cathy, hearts and musical bands, a lily painted over the number '72' painted by my husband in honour of mom's 72nd. birthday. I embroidered a teapot on my square but I think the best block of all was done by our gramma, she crocheted 3 red roses and I attached them to her block.......at the time she was 92 and she's still with us looking forward to her 100th birthday in August. To fill in the left-over blocks I appliqued some hearts in each corner, added photos of mom & dad, and made a felt cat in a block for their cat Holly. It was a wonderful project, anticipating all the different blocks I would receive.

The quilt really was made with love and I enjoyed every minute of piecing it to gether. I sashed the blocks with a red-dotted fabric and used the same for the border, it was the finishing touch.