A quilt client brought in this little quilt made by her daughter for one of her pregnant friends, and apparently insisted on making the quilt herself. Mom booked a space while the daughter was still in the process of making this. The day she brought it to me, she said, she thinks this was the first and last quilt her daughter will ever make. I am not sure whether mom interfered too much or whether the hobby just wasn’t for her. Whatever the case may be, the quilt turned out lovely.
This was the second quilt I received this year and the first from out of town. Normally, quilts from out of town only get to me towards the second part of the year, so this was something new.
I almost
forgot to post about this, as we have plenty of sports on South African TV, and I
seem to be working on my new posture, which will include a flat butt and square
eyes. Some days I start watching the
Australian Open tennis at 02:30 in the morning, this will be followed by U19
cricket, women’s cricket and then the SA20 2026 cricket. We also had a couple of days with 7’s
rugby. If these do not follow each other
and overlap, I’d be channel hopping like crazy, and last night only got to bed
at 11 pm, but we had fellow cricket fans over, so the visit went on long after
the cricket ended.
This
quilter claims it took her almost 17 years to finish this, but I think it was
worth keeping it and eventually finishing it.
We’ve entered another year; however, our old year ended devastatingly when we had to put our African grey parrot to sleep due to organ failure. We have a huge vacuum in our house and lives, and hubby and I take turns crying when one of us suddenly remembers or sees a memory.
On to a
more pleasant subject. How clever is
this quilt? This couple made this very
innovative quilt as a joint venture to be given as a wedding gift. I love this idea; whether I’d attempt it
myself is another question. They used
fleece as backing, and although I am not keen on working with fleece, it does
give a quilt a soft drape.
