I'm submitting my Wonky Star quilt. The original blog post on making this quilt is here. I bought the fabric in Minnesota after we drove there from Virginia on a family trip. My husband and I left the teenagers at the Mall of America with aunts and uncles, and took off to look for some interesting rocks an hour west of town. We promptly ran over a huge metal bracket left in the middle of the highway (ah, construction season in Minneapolis) and ripped all four tires to shreds. After pulling off into a hotel parking lot, then an impromptu purchase and installation of all new tires, we started on our way, again.
We did find the quarry with some of North America's oldest rocks. On the way back, we stopped by a quilt store and I bought some charm packs of PB&J.
There are some other fabrics in the quilt. One of the red ones was found in my grandparents' house shortly after they died. My grandmother always loved the color red, so it's a nice reminder of her. I bought the backing fabric on an earlier non-vacation trip, the night before I gave a presentation to almost 300 people in Newport News, VA. It was an incredibly important point in my career - the research ideas I was lecturing about got me tenure. So, this quilt reminds me of a lot of different things that happened in my life.
7 comments:
Lovely quilt with lots of memories sewed in. They are the best kind. :)
I love wonky stars and your quilt is just lovely!
Great quilt....wonky stars are always fun. thanks for sharing your memories and stories that you have in this quilt. They are so important to remember.
What a lovely quilt, I love your stars!! And the story behind it..
So nice! I've been wanting to make a wonky stars quilt and I love your version :)
I love this memory quilt. It's impressive that you managed to shred all four of the tires! So glad the people were okay on that one.
Love this quilt - the stars, the contrast between the bright colours and low volume prints - beautiful work!
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