I love to quilt and over about twenty-five years have worked on several quilts. The first quilt I made was, without instructions to speak of, was a log cabin quilt for my mother which I made while she was in the Sheltering Oaks Care Center in Roseau. It was definitely not what I would do today but I felt good about it at that point in my life and my mother loved it. Thank you, mom!
After Ardmore a pinwheel patterned quilt which he picked out. I used the 2014 Minnesota Shop Hop fabric. Very enjoyable but challenging. I use the Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorials to gain a greater understanding of how to make pinwheels easier. Their website is the go-to-website for learning to quilt, even though there are many wonderful quilt learning sites on the computer, this is definitely my favorite site. They also have a Deal of the Day, where a person can purchase fabric quilting tools, strips, charms or cakes, about half off. About 3/4 of my quilting items have come from their website. They also have a YouTube site with their quilting tutorials.
I am very careful when I am quilting as it is so easy to make an error that will cause the quilt to meet at corner points. Here is one of the squares for his quilt with the instructions attached.
I was told that homemade quilts were just that, homemade and would never be perfect. Well, my points prove that this is definitely NOT going to be perfect!
I just finished Skyping with our grandson Lance in Hong Kong. He is such a cute four-year-old. We had the honor of having him stay with us for several days while James went to Yosemite to go hiking (our favorite place to visit). Ardmore and I had a great time, playing games, T-ball included, eating out, going swimming with friends.
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