Archive

I finished crocheting together the medallions on the side and hung Grace’s quilt up. I’ve been staring at it for a while trying to decide if it is done or not. I’ll probably keep it there on the wall in my living room for a while until I make my mind up. I do this […]

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 […]

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 […]

We will not speak of the Bruins Habs game. Not a lot to say today what with the holidays and all. I got a bit ahead of myself and took advantage of being home for the holidays to have my mother help me out with my next quilt in line, the quilt for my great-grandmother […]