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I added the border to Lib’s quilt and moved on to the slowest and most meditative part of the process, whip-stitching the edge of the border down by hand. I particularly enjoy this part of the process because it allows me the time to mentally sum up the whole piece as I literally sit with […]

I did a little printmaking and a lot of mulling (without the wine – though that sounds like a great idea!) working through ideas for Elizabeth’s quilt. I didn’t come up with any workable prints, though I did have a lot of fun printing (haven’t done that for a while).   More importantly I figured out […]

I’m finally over the head cold from hell! I finished the whipstitching around the edge of Nan’s quilt this week. Done and Done. This part is always slow going. I fold the interfacing under and whipstitch it down by hand. It is a very slow, meditative process. I rather like it, it allows me the […]

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. I had a wonderful Christmas up in Veazie with my mother, sisters and their families. I have been thinking a lot about the patterns for the future quilts and as I talked about these with my mother over the holidays I was struck by the image of the […]

My Father’s favorite chocolates were chocolate-covered cherries. Every year for Christmas my mother would get him a box. Personally I can’t stand them (though that didn’t stop me from eating them when I was a child – chocolate after all)– they are just too sweet for me, I’m more of a dark chocolate type. The […]

I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving. I had a lovely trip up north to Veazie to visit my mother and sisters and their families. As I think most families do we have our set traditions and it makes for a very relaxing visit. This week has been a bit of a loss […]

Pardon the pun, I couldn’t resist. I’ve been hand-sewing on the pineapple medallions that I crocheted. When I started thinking about the quilt for my great-grandmother Grace I asked for input from people from the family that had known her since she died before I was born. My cousin Joanne (Mary’s daughter) remembered her always […]

Where to begin to tell you about my great-aunt Gracie. In a way she got slighted in this process precisely because she meant so much to me – I made her quilt first before I officially started the project and the blog. Making the “Joy of Cooking (for Gracie)” was what got the whole project […]

I’ve decided that I want the quilts in this project to have different patterns and, where possible, different techniques and materials that are in some way representative of the women that they are commemorating. I knew that I wanted one of the quilts to be a Signature Quilt. A number of patterns lend themselves to […]