Made some baby blankets out of the sheepies for my sis who’s expecting at the end of the month. Nothing fancy. Just hemmed the edges, but it’s as cute as can be. I thought about the lamb toy to go with it, might still do it, I should have some leftover from the pj’s.
Would have loved to have had a raisable/lowerable quilt frame!
Have 5 or 6 quilts from the depression era. Belonged to my FIL’s mother. She threw them out (!) and I asked her if I could have them. She said yes, she was going to have them taken to the dump. Shaking head. The patterns/material are nothing special, but her mother made them, and I love them. Also have one made from feed sacks I got from my MIL’s side of the family. More junk to leave my children! LOL
I remember getting in BIG trouble one night late. I never slept much as a kid and I was very crafty and inquisitive. I was reading—supposed to be asleep—one of my craft books. How you could sharpen your crayons and melt the shavings to make candles. I had a chair pulled up to the stove and my carefully sharpened crayons melting in a pan when mom woke up and caught me. LOL
Would have loved to have had a raisable/lowerable quilt frame!<<<
Your frame can be as large as you want, and bolt togather, use 2x2’s that are well cured, so they won’t warp, or about that size.
Four pulleys mounted to the ceiling and good bolted I hooks in the frame, and a strong rope, such as ski ropes. Or?
Yes, I would prefer the ceiling mount, and now that I don’t need it and my mobile is so old that the ceiling would not be harmed, I don’t need one.
The history of quilts is an amazing subject, even the simple blocks, were used to teach kids how to count, as in a ‘9 patch or 12 patch block.
LOL, Bill spent 3 years teaching Dink our parrot to count to 3.
I was sewing on a quilt that had 16 triangles, to the block that had to be all different and 16 the same [ a pale pink], Dink was on my shoulder, and I guess that made me count out loud, as he expected me to talk to him.
The next thing that I realized, is, Dink was counting along with me.
I later got him to count to 130, by then we were both tired.
The stories behind the quilts, include many, of course of the family history, this was __ wedding dress, etc.
But Cabin in the Cotton, was a sign for run a way slaves, it told them where to go and the right quilt would be hung on a fence or draped over a bush.
Flour sacks, were our main materials for clothing and until a few years ago, I still bought 25 pound bags at Safeway markets in material, that I used in my quilts.
I can imagine the trouble you got in for melting crayons on a stove, talk about a fire hazard.
Good, I am glad to know that there are sheep blankets for the new baby...LOL, I prefer kids to learn in a natural way with pretty items, not the ugly stuff they put out today and call ‘toys’.
Mary made the finest Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, the original variety. The kids love them.