It's been awhile since I've had time to write a post...even a small one! I have been on mandatory overtime at work since November, and I've literally had no time whatsoever in my life to sew for the past couple of months. It's been quite disheartening, to say the least!
This past weekend I finally had some time to spend in my sewing room. One of the projects I've just started working on is a photo memory quilt featuring photos from my boyfriend's family's life on the farm from the late 1960's. We found a poster in the attic from when his parents auctioned off the farm, and I've had that put on fabric through Spoonflower.com. We also found an aerial photo of the farm from before it was sold. And his eldest sister scanned in some photos and emailed them to me, since she was the only one with a camera taking pictures way back then. So anyways... My hopes for this quilt are to have it completed by July so I can display it at our first ever quilt show during the Rosholt Thresheree. I want the quilt to represent a piece of Rosholt, Wisconsin history, featuring my boyfriend's family.
Here's the very first quilt block, featuring a photo of one of my boyfriend's older sisters...
... this block is paper pieced, and the reason for the orange color-tone is because the poster is actually orange, so I am sticking with the color theme.
I can't wait to see how this quilt turns out...I have it imagined in my mind, but things don't always turn out the way we think they will. Only time will tell!
