Last night, the critters and I took our places on the couch and watched a movie, "American Gangster." I had seen that movie several times already; but I like gangster movies, and I love Denzel. While I watched, I disassembled a couple of Vann's shirts that I have been saving to make a special quilt. A couple of months after his passing, I donated Vann's clothes, tons of them, to a shelter for homeless men. But knowing that someday I'd want to do this, I kept out a few shirts, all 100% cotton, which is mostly what Vann wore.
Linda L.'s quilt from December guild meeting (below)...
...and the Seven-Shirt quilt pattern (below) from Life's a Stitch blog...
...spurred me on to get started.
I got two shirts taken apart. I have several more to go. I haven't decided what design I'll use. I really like the 7-quilt Nine Patch and Snowball design, so that might be the one.
Below are a couple more men's shirt quilts that I found online.
I'm having a really trying day today, pain-wise. I was awake most of last night. It's the all-over kind that seems to be concentrated in my back and hips but then radiates out to all parts of my body.
It's dark and raining, and we have a forecast for severe storms this evening. So I'm sure a lot of my pain is weather related. So I think I'll take the critters and crawl into bed to weather the storm.
Tomorrow I'll be showing you Laura's latest Dollhouse quilt block, the bedroom at her grandma's house. You'll want to see it. If anyone else has dollhouse progress, send me a photo.
This post was migrated from the old blog. To see the comments on the original post, CLICK HERE. To add a new comment, click "Post a Comment", below.
On 12/16/2012, Barbara Anne said ...
Sorry the rainy weather has made you ache! Hope you feel lots better soon. How about some Aleve or Percogesic to help take the edge off?
The rain finally arrived here a little while ago but I managed to get our old tree, metal fatigue and all into the house along with boxes of ornaments and a box of lights. I took the lights off last years as we planned to get a new tree thie year. The flu nixed that plan. At the moment, I wonder if shopping for a new tree would have taken less energy than putting this tree back together again and putting many strings of multicolored lights back on it. I say this after "fluffing" the branches and putting only the first string of lights on.
I like Linda L's shirt quilt the most of those pictured as it just looks friendlier and more like a warm welcome home to me. The other quilts are each pretty, but seem to be more about the pattern than the beloved fabrics. There is my 2 cents worth!
Back to that nearly bare tree.
Hugs!
On 12/16/2012, Valerie said ...
What a special quilt that will be! I sure hope you are feeling better soon!
On 12/17/2012, Kai said ...
Booooooo to having to assemble trees when we feel crummy! Barbara, PLEASE email me at kola54@sbcglobal.net so I can get YOUR email & ask you a question, okay? BIG GENTLE HUGS TO YOU!
On 12/17/2012, Kai said ...
Oh, yes! Weather affects my fibro, too. This year I've asked (BEGGED) Santa to PLEASE fill my stocking with take-aways: take away the Lupus and the stinkin' Fibro that is its sidekick, take away my quickly declining left-eye vision and allow me at LEAST one eye, take away this crappy shattered kneecap so I can DO stuff again. Don't THINK he'll listen, but I BELIEVE in Santa so I have to continue hoping. As for your idea to do a quilt from Vann's shirts, I thing that's awesome! My friend Vivian makes teddy bears for women whose hubbies have passed away, and she uses their clothing. Both are lovely ways to make the pieces into something that is HAPPY and can be cuddled! LOVE YOU, my sweet friend!
On 12/17/2012, Diane W said ...
Sorry your "pains" are flaring up. Hope you get to feeling better.
I have been making memory quilts for a lady, her husband passed away suddenly this past spring. She wanted 10 of them for Christmas presents to give to their children. I met up with her Thanksgiving weekend to pick the clothing up. Yeah, I know, crazy to think I could get 10 done in a month. I do have all of them pieced but quilting has slowed me down. I had a dream or should say a vision from God on how to quilt them and God should have realized how slow I am. LOL Anyway they are beautiful, (if I can say so), I'll have to send you a picture, but I wished I have of seen Linda's layout before I started. I really like that one. I have been contacted by another women for 4 memory quilts so I might see if she has enough shirts to make some like Linda's.
Thank you for sharing and the inspiration.
If I don't talk to you again, I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
On 12/17/2012, Linda Volz said ...
Hi Susan -
It's your quilting buddy from southeast Pennsylvania. Love the shirt memory quilt idea. Oh, if only I had thought of this just after my Dad's passing. I look at this and think what a comfort that would be to me now. But sadly I didn't think of it and we donated all his clothes. When you get yours done and you can have it close to you I know this will bring you much comfort too. Sorry to hear you couldn't sleep & aren't feeling well. I often can't sleep also but mine is usually due to racing thoughts that I can't shut off and sometimes I do fall asleep but then I keep waking up from some weird re-occuring dream like a broken record in my head. I hate when that happens. I hope you are feeling better soon and that the weather won't be too severe tonight. My big sister lives in St. Pete's FL and I worry about her when the weather gets real bad down yonder.
Sending you blessings,
Linda
-----
No comments:
Post a Comment