The maker of this walks by a satellite house on her daily route. In South Africa, this is an orphanage in a more family-oriented set-up. Each home has house parents with a couple of kids living under their care.
The maker
saw the kids outside on the lawn and, with the help of another quilter in her
quilting group, the two decided to make them a picnic blanket to sit on,
outside.
A rather heart-warming
gesture.
These pieced blocks have a long history dating back to 1998. For a while, I thought of digging up old memories, but then it turned out way too much to type. Bottom line is, this friend (not a quilter) went to the USA as an exchange student and saw quilts for the first time there. These were made by her host family.
After
returning, getting married and with two children, she went through a bad spell
and made these blocks, sewn by hand, over telephone message paper squares and
finally finished them this year. All but
perfect, but she is very proud of her quilt.
This was
also my first introduction to what I knew then, as patchwork. I only about two
years later, heard the term “quilting” and with this, pieced squares, my hobby
started.
One of my favourite patterns, and I already made two of these, but this one was not done by me. It was, however, nice to see a familiar and, in this case, beautifully pieced quilt.
Heaps of squares in this quilt. The maker even added more squares in the border.
Then she went ahead and made 2 pillow cases to match.
A new mom asked family members to each paint her a block for the baby. Mother-in-law then took these and turned them into a cute quilt.
This quilter and her family are celebrating a 70th birthday and have decided to make a quilt for the recipient, featuring photos of all the family members printed as blocks.
