One of the first large quilts I made back in 2001 was this single bed sized quilt called "In the Pink" for my cousin's daughter's 30th birthday.
I was so pleased to learn recently that the quilt is still on Catherine's bed at her parents' house and she still enjoys it.
Unfortunately her room gets a lot of strong sunlight so the colours have faded badly, especially in the bottom half of the quilt. The hot sun has actually rotted two of the fabric strips in the log cabin blocks as you can see in the second photo. One of the appliqued elephants is coming adrift and the black stitches which represent his ear have disappeared!
So it's back with me for repair - something I haven't done before so tomorrow I'm taking it to my Patchwork Group meeting to ask for advice.
Interestingly, 17 years later I still enjoy making Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill blocks ( I have some on the go as handwork at present) and I also applique names on the front of quilts, Baby quilts these days.
Happy memories.
This quilt is so mendable. I'm sure you will manage it easily enough.
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Such a sweet quilt! Hope the repair job goes well. I just checked out Mary Berry, but couldn't find her orange cake with choc receipe :(
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty quilt - have fun with the renovation!
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