Life is full of surprises, and this quilt is the product of one that I really cherish. This quilt is made with large 12x12 pinwheel squares that I was gifted in May 2015 by a random stranger at the Great Glebe garage sale in Ottawa. I was looking around for sheets for quilt backs and other piecing bits, and happened upon one table with some fabric for sale. I got to chatting with the homeowner, and mentioned I was a quilter. With that, he held up his finger for me to wait and ran over the porch to grab a plastic bag. As he passed it to me, he explained that his grandmother was also a quilter and had recently passed away. She left behind a few unfinished quilting projects, including a large set of pinwheel squares. She had sewed them by hand and were meticulously and skillfully put together. He said I could have them and put them to good use. So that is what I am doing! So honored to weave the work of this woman into some of my projects. This is the first of several to come: Quilt made for Karen Br. from the Netherlands on the occasion of her wedding, in June 2015.
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Mommy
22/6/2015 02:37:04
love it
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