My mother once told me, when asked how old she was, that she was 29 . I don’t know if she actually was 29 at that time. Ever since then, when asked, I start to tell people she is 29 and then I have to remember that I am older than 29 so she can’t possibly be 29! The 29 effect means that I always have to do the math to figure out how old she is.
Today is her birthday and she is once again, 29. In honor of her birthday, I thought I would show some of the quilts she is working on.
This is a quilt for a friend who took care of the dog when my mom was running back and forth to hospitals and the nursing home earlier this year. The print is a dog print and, as you can see, she is clearly influenced by my dot habit.
This is the back and I think the way she highlighted the Very Hungry Caterpillar motifs is a good use of the Eric Carle fabric.
This quilt also uses pet fabric as the background for the hearts. The hearts are a pack from Keepsake Quilting and are raw edge applique’d to the background. I like way the placement of the hearts creates movement.
My mother is quite prolific and willing to try anything. As a result, she is a great inspiration to me.
The middle quilt backing looks like one of those posters that were popular back in the …. 90’s?… that you were supposed to stare at and a 3-d image would eventually pop out at you. Her heart quilt is fantabulous!
Thanks for reading! I am really thrilled with how well she is doing with her quiltmaking. She went to art school and majored in drawing but has really come into her own with quiltmaking. She has an intuitive sense of color and design, and, of course, there is a long and rich history of needlework in our family.
I think that the background of the quilt backing is also an Eric Carle fabric, but I don’t remember.