We are loving seeing these pictures of people using our quilts.
This woman had cleft palate repair. She was given a quilt made from blocks we sent to TS. Three of the blocks in this quilt were made by me. She has her hand on one of them. The blocks I made are log-cabin style. Kind of hard to tell from the photo. Here is a picture of the quilt before it was donated.
Today I finished this little wall hanging quilt. It serves no useful, comforting purpose like the quilt above. I was inspired by another one I saw in blogland and thought I'd give it a try, too. The model that I saw was on a white background, and the scraps were in the blacks family. I thought I'd try mine in living color.
I'm not sure what I think of it. Do I like it or not? The jury is still out. I used a tea towel on the back. At first I was thinking it could be reversible, but it's really not. The back looks like a back, and I attached a hanging sleeve there.
I have a lot more fun making quilts that comfort people, but at least a wall hanging like this doesn't take much time. From start to finish it took about one day, broken up over two days with regular chores, running errands, and feeding myself.
4 comments:
If you decide you do not like the green quilt, I'll be glad to take it off your hands. :-)
It has been fun 'listening' to people on the listserv as they identify quilts they had made!
I like to make wall hangings, but the quilts that give me the most pleasure are the comfort quilts, too!
oh, you have the same affliction as me -- it's fine to make a quilt that can cover or comfort someone, but I feel more guilty or uneasy making something just because or for decoration. what's the solution to this?
I say let go of the guilt! I don't feel any guilt about it... I just don't enjoy making decorative quilts as much as useful, cuddly, comfort quilts.
Sometimes, though, it's just fun to putz around and make a small wall hanging in a day.
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