You will have to click in close to see it on the wall. I didn't ever photograph it for me, but noticed it was in this pic.
The story: my very first year at annual meeting I took a reverse applique class in which we made this Mary and Jesus pattern. I loved it so much that I made one for me and one for a friend - Esther - in trade for piano lessons for my daughters. I also felt that it would be a nice gift for my Mom and Mother-in-law, so I made one for each of them. I really wanted to do it in trapunto - something I'd had limited experience with. I did Lorna's first (can't find a photo) and felt it didn't puff very well because I didn't get the puffs in quite the right places, so I stitches around the puffed areas in a beautiful metalic thread to help highlight the figures. I changed my pattern a little and ended up with this one for Mom.
I also wanted to mention that while making this quilt, I took it on a trip to Vegas where Jim had to drive the bus for the Carbon wrestling team. We took the whole family and had a great time. I used the time on the bus to snip out all the excess batting and even took my machine and quilted it in the motel room.
Hi! I cannot find your email address, so I'll leave a response to your comment here.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for leaving such a nice a comment on my entry to the Festival.
I am happy (probably not the right word..) that my work touches so many other people, even if I made it as a way to deal with the whole thing myself. I have to add that I did ask my daughter’s permission to tell our story, and she was only happy I would do it. Some stories just need to be told.